Help us improve Wordĭo you have suggestions about how we can improve Word? Let us know by providing us feedback. Post a question in the Word Answers Community. Using Styles in Word - a free, 10-minute video training course.Īlign text left or right, center text, or justify text on a pageĭo you have a question about Word that we didn't answer here? The Line spacing drop-down lets you select or set more specific line spacing.įor more information on modifying styles in Word, see: Customize styles in Word. If you'd like to apply more specific line spacing to the style, clickthe Format button at the bottom left corner of the Modify Style dialog box and select Paragraph.

Choose the spacing you want to apply and click OK. Near the center of the dialog box you'll find the line spacing buttons that let you select single, 1.5x or double spaced.

Right-click the style you want to change and select Modify. To increase or decrease the amount of vertical space between lines of text within a paragraph, the best method is to modify the style the paragraph uses.įind the style you're using in the Styles gallery on the Home tab. Percentages below 100 percent compress the text. Percentages above 100 percent stretch the text. In the Scale box, enter the percentage that you want. (Optional) Reselect the Show/Hide button to hide your formatting (see figure 2).Note: If you're using Word 2007 the tab is called Character Spacing.

Example of text with increased word spacing The spacing between words should now be changed in your selected text. Dialog box stating number of replacements

Select No if you only want the replacements in the text you selected in step 3.įigure 14.

Select Yes if you want to expand the replacements to your whole document.

A dialog box will report the number of replacements.

Alternatively, you can type a specific size into the text box at the top of the menu.

Select a larger or smaller font size in the Size menu in the Replace Font dialog box.

(Disregard this step if your dialog box is already expanded.)

Select the More button to expand the dialog box.

Place your cursor in the Replace with text box and then press your spacebar once to create one space.

Place your cursor in the Find what text box and then press your spacebar once to create one space.

Select the Replace button in the Editing group to open the Find and Replace dialog box.

The default space between words is based on your current font size.

Take note of your current font size in the Font Size menu.

( Pro Tip: Press Ctrl + A to select the entire document.)

Select the part of the text you want to change.

(Optional) Select the Show/Hide button in the Paragraph group to reveal your document’s formatting.

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