This session is a guide about how to add double spacing on Microsoft word or change the line spacing on the word document. Before starting the proper guidance it is notified that every word file has different versions so are the techniques. Make sure what version of Microsoft word are you using. First of all, decide your version and then start to follow the steps and procedures.
Note: you can use a couple of the keys to add the spacing or space to the MS word document. Use ctrl+1 for one space, ctrl+2 for double space, and ctrl+5 for 1.5 line spacing of paragraphs, lines and the all highlighted area.
How to Add Double Spacing on MS Word Document
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We have provided the guide of adding double space to the multiple versions of Microsoft Word document. You first decide your MS version then you can follow the navigational steps (that are added to assist you properly).
MS word 2016 (Office 365)
- Open the Microsoft word on your PC or laptop
- Go to the main taskbar
- Enter the home tab
- From here click on the option of the paragraph and then click on the icon on line and paragraph spacing.
- Here a drop-down list will appear you can select the option of spacing from that list.
- If you want to add any customized spacing then for this purpose you will have to click on the line spacing option again, from the drop-down list.
Microsoft word 2007, 2010, And 2013
- Open the document from your computer
- Go to the home tab select the option of styles from the home ta section
- Click on the normal style
- From the drop-down menu select the option of modifying
- In this pop-up window, you will find an option of formatting. From here select the spacing of your own choice, you will be given three basic options here.
- Press on OK to save the setting.
This is the one way but here is another way as well to ad the double spacing on word document of 2007, 2010 and 2013. Have a look.
- Open the Microsoft document
- From the main top bar go in the category of the page layout.
- You will find an arrow at the right bottom of the spacing section. Click on that arrow to open the paragraph window.
- In the paragraph, the window comes on the indents and spacing tabs.
- Click on the down arrow of the line spacing tab
- Press double and then click on ok to save the changes that you made.
How to modify the line spacing.
Like the paragraph spacing, it is not a difficult task to modify or change the line spacing. Below are the guide’s steps to tell you how you can change the line spacing on the MS word versions of 2007, 2010, 2016 and 2013. Take a look.
- Open the document on the MS word that you want to modify.
- Select all the text. But if you want to change the spacing of some specif area or paragraph then select that area or paragraph.
- After the selection click right on the selected area. Then choose the option of formatting first and then click on the paragraph.
- When the window of the paragraph will get open, first of all, make sure that you are on the indents and spacing tab.
- Click on the down arrow of the line spacing tab
- Press double and then click on ok to save the changes that you made.
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