The line spacing for all text already entered, typed in later, or pasted will be doubled. Select the apply to this document option. You will see a prompt asking if you want to apply the default to the current document, or to every Microsoft Word file. Select Double from the listed options and click the Set as Default button at the bottom.
On the Indent and Spacing tab, go to the Spacing section and open the Line Spacing dropdown. This time, select Line Spacing Options from the menu. On the Home tab and click the line spacing button again. From the menu that opens, select the 2.0 option to get double line spacing for that paragraph. On the Home tab, go to the Paragraph set of tools click the button with lines and arrows pointing up and down next to it. Open Word, and select a paragraph you want to double line spacing for. If you need to create lots of documents along specific formatting rules, you can change the default line spacing on Word. Line spacing can be set on a per-paragraph, and per-document basis. Here’s how you can set it for a paragraph, a single document, and as the default for all documents created in Microsoft Word. Academic work usually requires double line spacing. The default line spacing makes a document easy to read however, if you have to submit your document somewhere that specifies formatting standards, you might need to change line spacing.
If you increase the font size, the space between the lines will likewise increase. the smaller the size of the font, the less space there will be between lines even if the line spacing is set to 1. The default line spacing is a certain percentage of the font size. The 1 seems to be a very vague measure since it isn’t accompanied by any units. In the dialog box, select an option and also set the distance you want to have before and after the paragraphs.Line spacing in Microsoft Word is set to 1.Click “Home” at the top of your screen and then the “Line Spacing” icon.If you want to change the line spacing for the entire document, select everything (Ctrl + A).
Select the paragraph(s) you wish to change.If you use the web version of Microsoft Word, the methods to change the line spacing for an entire document or just for a portion are one and the same: There’s also the option to not add space between paragraphs of the same style. Under “Spacing” you can also set the space before and after a paragraph.Alternatively, you can open the pop-up window “Paragraph” by selecting the paragraph(s), right clicking on the mouse and then selecting “Paragraph”.The Paragraph pop-up window gives you even more customization options for the selected paragraph. If you click “Line spacing option”, you will see more options in a pop-up window.To change the line spacing of a single paragraph, use the “Line and Paragraph Spacing” option. Choose an option from the drop-down menu.In the ribbon, find the “Paragraph” section and click the “Line and Paragraph Spacing” icon (as shown in the picture below).Select the paragraph(s) you wish to change and then click “Home” at the top of your screen.This is what you must do if you want to change the line spacing only for a portion of your document:
(c) Screenshot How to change the spacing of a single paragraph If you want to change the line spacing of a Word document, you can do so by following a few simple steps. Select “No Paragraph Space” if you want to single line your text.