How To Change Paragraph Spacing In Word

Select the desired spacing option from the drop down menu.

How to change paragraph spacing in word. Select the paragraph or paragraphs you want to format. Select one or more paragraphs to update. Select design paragraph spacing. A paragraph dialog box will open.

Select all of the paragraphs you want to change or place your insertion point anywhere in a single paragraph you want to change. In the lower right corner of the paragraph group click the arrow. The space after each paragraph. Click add space before paragraph or remove space after paragraph from the drop down menu.

Click the home tab locate the paragraph group. A live preview of the paragraph spacing will appear in the document. Select the text you want to format. Click the line and paragraph spacing command in the paragraph group on the home tab.

Go to layout and under spacing click the up or down arrows to adjust the distance before or after the paragraph. In our example we ll select add space before paragraph. On the home tab click the line and paragraph spacing command. Click anywhere in the paragraph you want to change.

Don t want to change the spacing in the whole document. From the drop down menu you can also select line spacing options to open the paragraph dialog box. This opens a dropdown menu with presets for line spacing at the top and paragraph spacing at the bottom. The space before each paragraph.

Hover the mouse over add space before paragraph or remove space after paragraph from the drop down menu. On the home tab click the line and paragraph spacing button. On the home tab click the line and paragraph spacing command. Hover the cursor over each option to see a preview and then select the option you want.

Three settings in word control line spacing. Go to home line and paragraph spacing select line spacing options and choose an option in the line spacing box. Press ctrl a to select all.