

For example, setting line spacing to 1.15 will increase the space by 15 percent, and setting line spacing to 3 increases the space by 300 percent (triple spacing).Ĭhoose Don’t add space between paragraphs when you don’t want extra space between paragraphs. For example, if the text is in 10-point font, you can specify 12 points as the line spacing.Ĭhoose Multiple > At to set line spacing as a multiple expressed in numbers greater than 1. To quickly double space your entire document, see Double space lines in a document.Ĭhoose At least > At to set the minimum amount of spacing needed to fit the largest font or graphic on the line.Ĭhoose Exactly > At to set fixed line spacing, expressed in points.

To quickly single space your entire document, see Single space lines in a document.Ĭhoose 1.5 lines to space text one-and-one-half times that of single spacing.Ĭhoose Double to double-space text. This is for book style printing.Īdjusts the amount of space before a paragraph.Īdjusts the amount of space after a paragraph.Ĭhoose Single to single-space text. When you choose this, Left and Right become Inside and Outside. To quickly create a hanging indent using the ruler, see Create a hanging indent. To quickly create a first line indent using the ruler, see Create a first line indent.Ĭhoose Hanging > By to create a hanging indent. Indents the paragraph on the right by the amount you choose.Ĭhoose First line > By to indent the first line of a paragraph. Indents the paragraph on the left by the amount you choose. See Collapse or expand parts of a document to learn more. The level at which the paragraph appears in Outline view.Ĭhoose Collapsed by default if you want the document to open with headings collapsed by default. At the bottom of the dialog box, you can see a Preview of how the options will look before you apply them.Ĭhoose Left to align text to the left with a ragged right edge (or use the keyboard shortcut, Ctrl+L).Ĭhoose Center to center text with a ragged left and right edge (Ctrl+E).Ĭhoose Right to align text to the right with a ragged left edge (Ctrl+R).Ĭhoose Justify to align text both left and right, adding space between words (Ctrl+J). There are general, indentation, and spacing options available in the Paragraph dialog box options.
