

Instead a few options to check and adjust until you get what you want. Selecting a line shows the amount of space Word has allocated above and below the line. The left example has selected the top line. Here’s an example of standard line spacing (left) and very close spacing (right). It becomes useful when trying some design tricks for headings, for example the title in our Millennium poster.

Right-click the highlighted text and click Format and then Paragraph, or only Paragraph depending on your version of Word.Highlight the text you want to have double spaced or select all.Open Microsoft Word and the document you want to modify.Modify line spacing for all or part of an existing document Microsoft Word 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2016 Click the down arrow next to the Line spacing box.In the Paragraph window, make sure you are on the Indents and Spacing tab.Click the down arrow in the bottom right corner next to Paragraph to bring up the Paragraph window.Under Formatting, click the Double Space button (shown below).

On the Home tab, in the Styles group, right-click Normal.For additional spacing options, select Line Spacing Options in the list.Select the desired spacing option from the available list.On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click the Line and Paragraph Spacing ( ) icon.Enable double spacing for the whole document Microsoft Word 2016 (Office 365) If you want to go to the next line without starting a new paragraph, press Ctrl+ Enter. When pressing Enter, it starts a new paragraph with extra space between the two paragraphs.
