How to Change the Leading Line in a Microsoft Word Document

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How to Change the Leading Line in a Microsoft Word Document
How to Change the Leading Line in a Microsoft Word Document
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Changing the line spacing makes a Word document easier to read and allows you to insert annotations once printed. Choose one of the methods described below if you want to change the line spacing in a Word document using any operating system.

Steps

Method 1 of 2: Manual method

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ChangeLineSpacing 1

Step 1. Select all the text you want to have double-spaced

Press Ctrl + A to select all.

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ChangeLineSpacing 3

Step 2. Go to Format> Paragraph

  • If your version of MS Word has the ribbon instead of the toolbar, click "Home", then click the button in the right corner of the "Paragraph" section to open the dialog box.

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    Spacing
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ChangeLineSpacing 4

Step 3. Click the "Leading" drop-down box and select the desired spacing

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ChangeLineSpacing 5

Step 4. Click OK

Method 2 of 2: Hotkey method

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ChangeLineSpacing 6

Step 1. Select all the text you want to have double-spaced

Press Ctrl + A to select all.

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ChangeLineSpacing 7

Step 2. Press and hold "Ctrl", then press "2"

This will give you double spacing.

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ChangeLineSpacing 9

Step 3. Press and hold "Ctrl", then press "5"

This will give 1.5 spacing.

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ChangeLineSpacing 8

Step 4. Press and hold "Ctrl", then press "1"

You will return to single line spacing.

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