Double Space

This is precisely why teachers ask you to double space.

Double space. Look for the formatting prompt and click the double space button. When a paper is single spaced there is very little white space between the typed lines which means there is no room for marks or comments. To double space a specific area of text highlight the text click the line and paragraph spacing button on the home tab 4 horizontal lines with two blue arrows then select 2 0. On the home tab in the styles group right click normal and then click modify.

Step 1 click the design tab. Double spacing refers to the amount of space that shows between the individual lines of your paper. Use the keyboard shortcuts ctrl 1 to single space ctrl 2 to double space or ctrl 5 to set the spacing to 1 5 line spacing on any line paragraph or all highlighted text. A menu of spacing options will expand step 3 click double.

Enable double spacing for the whole document. By default most programs have single spacing enabled which is a slight space between each line of text similar to how this paragraph looks. As technology evolved the use of a double space to create the appearance of more even typeface declined and many media outlets stopped using it altogether. This will set your entire document in a double space.

Step 1 open up the document you are working on. The white space between the lines leaves room for editing marks and comments. Double space may refer to any of the following. On the home tab right click on normal.

This can be a blank page if you are planning to format the whole thing and you have not begun writing yet step 2 create a default setting that will ensure the entire document is double spaced. A double space between the end of one sentence and the beginning of another helped to create some uniformity on the page and made typed pages easier to read. Once a menu pops up click on modify. To double space only part of the document select the paragraphs you want to change go to home line and paragraph spacing and choose 2 0.

Look in the styles group on the toolbar. It s at the top of word 1 x research sourcestep 2 click paragraph spacing.