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Paragraph and Line Spacing

Spacing is the amount of white space between lines and paragraphs. The amount of space can be specified in lines or in points.

Paragraph Spacing

  1. Select the paragraphs.
  2. Click Format > Paragraph from the menu bar.
    1. The Paragraph box is displayed.

Click the Indents and Spacing tab.

  1. In the Spacing box, choose a Before setting to specify the number of points of space before the selected paragraph.
  2. Choose an After setting to specify the number of points of space after the current paragraph.
  3. Click OK.

Changing line spacing

Line space is the space between two lines in a paragraph. By default, it is single-spaced. To change line spacing,

  1. Click the paragraph in which you want to change line spacing.
  2. Choose the Paragraph option from the Format menu.
  3. In the line spacing list box, select the space you want in between the lines or write the number in the textbox if you want to choose the last three options under the Line spacing list box.
  4. Click the OK button.

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