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How to change the line spacing of your Word document

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quick start Guide

Want to change the line spacing in your Word document? No problem! Regardless of whether you want to reduce or enlarge it, we'll show you how it's done..

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Everyone knows the problem: A text in Word can quickly look illegible and unstructured. This is often the case with long texts. We explain to you how you can easily change the line spacing of your text and thus ensure a better reading flow.

How to change the line spacing of your Word document

Follow our step-by-step instructions or take a look at the brief instructions .

1st step:

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Open the Word document and make sure that you are on " Start " in the menu bar . Then select the text for which you want to change the line spacing. Note: If you want to change the line spacing in the entire document, you do not have to mark it beforehand!

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Go to the menu item “ Paragraph ” on the symbol with the two opposite arrows and the lines next to them.

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Now you can choose from the given line spacing . For more manual settings, click on " Line spacing options ".

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A window will then open in which you can make further settings. You can set your line spacing manually under the menu item " Indents and Spacing ". When you are done, just press " OK " and your changes will be implemented.

quick start Guide

  1. Select the text for which you want to change the line spacing.
  2. Under " Paragraph " go to the symbol with the two opposite arrows next to lines.
  3. Select a new line spacing .
  4. For manual settings go to " Line spacing options ".

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