Adjust Line Text For Free

Change the spacing between charactersSelect the text that you want to change.On the Home tab, click the Font Dialog Box Launcher, and then click the Advanced tab.In the Spacing box, click Expanded or Condensed, and then specify how much space you want in the By box.

Change the line spacing in a portion of the documentSelect one or more paragraphs to update.Go to Home > Line and Paragraph Spacing.Select Line Spacing Options and choose an option in the Line spacing box.Adjust the Before and After settings to change spacing between paragraphs.Select OK.

According to the Microsoft's "Word Blog," spacing changed because "Back in 2007, the product designers changed the default line spacing to improve document readability." The noticeable differences in the new settings are a larger space between lines and a whole skipped line between paragraphs.

Change the line spacing in a portion of the documentSelect one or more paragraphs to update.Go to Home > Line and Paragraph Spacing.Select Line Spacing Options and choose an option in the Line spacing box.Adjust the Before and After settings to change spacing between paragraphs.Select OK.

Change the line spacing in a portion of the documentSelect one or more paragraphs to update.Go to Home > Line and Paragraph Spacing.Select Line Spacing Options and choose an option in the Line spacing box.Adjust the Before and After settings to change spacing between paragraphs.Select OK.

Select the text you want to change. On the Format menu, click Paragraph, and then click the Indents and Spacing tab. Under Line spacing, in the Between lines box, type or select the amount of spacing you want between lines of text. For example, to double space type or select 2sp.

If you are using TextEdit in rich text mode, and you just want to set the line spacing to double space, the easy way to do this is to VO-Left arrow (left arrow, if you have Quick Nav on) from the scroll area for the text, to the pop up menu buttons in the title bar.