Change the vertical space between the lines of text in your document by setting the line spacing

Among the many formatting options in Word, you are able to adjust line and paragraph spacing. You can increase spacing to improve readability and reduce it to fit more text on the page, but first, please review your assignment requirements pertaining to format.

Windows 10

Change Line Spacing for the Entire Document

Go to Design > Paragraph Spacing.

Location of Paragraph Spacing menu on Design Tab

Choose an option. To single space your document, select No Paragraph Space.

To return to the original settings later, go to Design > Paragraph Spacing and choose the option under Style Set. This may be Default or the name of style you’re currently using.

Change Line Spacing for a Portion of the Document

Select one or more paragraphs to update. Press Ctrl + A to select all.
Go to Home > Line and Paragraph Spacing

Location of Paragraph and Line Spacing icon on Home Tab

Select Line Spacing Options and choose an option in the Line spacing box.
Adjust the Before and After settings to change spacing between paragraphs.
Select OK.

Mac

Go to Design > Paragraph Spacing.
Choose the option you want. If you want to single space your document, choose No Paragraph Space.

This overrides the settings of the style you’re currently using. If you decide later to return to the original settings, go to Design > Paragraph Spacing and choose the option under Style Set. The option might be Default, as shown above, or it will show the name of style you’re currently using.

Change Line Spacing for a Portion of a Document

Select the paragraphs you want to change.
Go to Home > Line and Paragraph Spacing.
Choose the number of line spaces you want or select Line Spacing Options, and then select the options you want under Spacing.
To change the spacing before or after each of the paragraphs in the text you selected, click the arrow next to Before or After and enter the amount of space that you want.
Select OK.

To Keep All Lines in a Paragraph Together

Select the paragraph whose lines you want to keep together.
Go to Format > Paragraph >Line and Page Breaks.
Select Keep lines together.

To Keep Paragraphs Together on One Page

Select the first of the two paragraphs that you want to keep together.
- Tip: If you want to keep more than two paragraphs together, select all but the last paragraph.
Go to Format > Paragraph.
Go to Line and Page Breaks.
Select Keep with next.
Select OK.

Microsoft Support for Line Spacing

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