How to double space in word. Press ctrl 1 pc or command 1 mac. Navigate to the home tab in microsoft words toolbar. Highlight the text you want to have double spaced or select all.
Select the paragraph or paragraphs you want to adjust. Open the word document you want to have double spacing between lines in. This will give you double spacing.
Microsoft word 2007 2010 2013 and 2016 open microsoft word and the document you want to modify. This will give you 15 line spacing. One the icon is selected you will see different types of line.
How to double space in microsoft word 01. After locating the icon you will be able to activate it using a click. In the styles section right click on normal and click on modify in the resulting context menu.
Select all the text you wish to change the spacing of. To double space only part of the document select the paragraphs you want to change go to home line and paragraph spacing and choose 20. The icon appears with a.
Click the line and paragraph spacing button. Learn the keyboard shortcuts. Press ctrl 2 pc or command 2 mac.
Right click the highlighted text and click format and then paragraph or only paragraph depending on your version of. A list of line spacing options appears. You can find the line spacing option within the main ribbon in microsoft word screen.
Under the formatting section locate the double space button and click on it to enable double spacing between lines. The options here range from 10 which adds no extra space between lines to 30 where the spacing for each line is triple that of a single spaced line. In the paragraph.