Change the line spacing in 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. Select Line Spacing Options and choose an option in the Line spacing box. Adjust the Before and After settings to change spacing between paragraphs.
Mar 05, 2012 I have an iMac OS X with Microsoft for Mac installed. The default line setting on all word documents is double spacing. I need to change this to single spacing, but there seems to be no default facility that I can see.
Word 2008 for Mac’s styles let you apply formatting to selected text quickly and easily. You don’t have to remember the font, points, and spacing each time. You can create a style that captures those formatting attributes for you. To assign your style to a paragraph, you put the insertion point anywhere within the appropriate.
Change double line spacing to another line spacing. Remove double line spacing. Word for Office 365 Word for Office 365 for Mac Word for the web Word 2019 Word 2019 for Mac Word 2016 Word 2013 Word 2016 for Mac More. If your document has too much space between the lines, make it look the way you want.

Oct 14, 2008 Apple Mac OS X Operating System Versions: Mac OS X version 10.4.9 (Tiger) or a later version of Mac OS Before you install this update, make sure that the Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Service Pack 1 (12.1.0) is installed on your computer. To verify that you have installed this update, open any Microsoft Office 2008 application (for example, open Word), and then on the Word menu, click About Word.

You’re probably familiar with the terms single spacing (one line of space between every line of type) and double spacing (two lines). In Microsoft Word, the Spacing feature lets you fine-tune the spacing between lines to any precise amount you want.

Three settings in Word control line spacing:

Before: The space before each paragraph
After: The space after each paragraph
Line Spacing: The space between the lines of each paragraph

In Word 2010, the default settings are to use no spacing Before or After, and a line spacing of Single.

For basic spacing, you can use the Line Spacing button’s drop-down list on the Home tab. The numbers at the top of the list refer to line spacing between the lines of paragraphs; the commands at the bottom of the list add or remove spacing before or after the paragraphs. You can also set the Before and After values on the Page Layout tab.

If those adjustments still doesn’t meet your line spacing needs, you can open the Paragraph dialog box (click the little icon in the bottom-right corner of the Paragraph group, on either the Home or the Page Layout tab) and set specific values for spacing there. You can enter Before and After values. In the Line Spacing area, you select a unit of measurement from the drop-down list, and then enter a value.

The steps to enable double spacing in Microsoft Word differ slightly between versions. Consequently, you may need to use some intuition to adapt them for older versions. To proceed, decide which situation applies to you, then follow the steps in that section.

Microsoft Word 2008 Mac Double Spacing Calculator

Tip

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.

Enable double spacing for the whole document

Microsoft Word Spacing Between Words Options

Microsoft Word 2016 (Office 365)

Microsoft word 2008 mac double spacing calculator

Open Microsoft Word.
On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click the Line and Paragraph Spacing () icon.
Select the desired spacing option from the available list.
For additional spacing options, select Line Spacing Options in the list.

Microsoft Word 2007, 2010, and 2013

Line Spacing Microsoft Word 2010

Open Microsoft Word.
On the Home tab, in the Styles group, right-click Normal.
Select Modify from the drop-down menu.
Under Formatting, click the Double Space button (shown below).

Click OK.

Open Microsoft Word.
Click the Page Layout tab.
Click the down arrow in the bottom right corner next to Paragraph to bring up the Paragraph window.

In the Paragraph window, make sure you are on the Indents and Spacing tab.

Click the down arrow next to the Line spacing box.
Select Double and click the OK button.

Modify line spacing for all or part of an existing document

Microsoft Word 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2016

Open Microsoft Word and the document you want to modify.
Highlight the text you want to have double spaced or select all.
Right-click the highlighted text and click Format and then Paragraph, or only Paragraph depending on your version of Word.
In the Paragraph window, make sure you are on the Indents and Spacing tab.

Microsoft Word 2008 Mac Double Spacing Tool

Click the down arrow in the Line spacing drop-down box.
Select Double and click the OK button.

Additional information

Microsoft Word 2008 Mac Double Spacing Tool

See the double space definition for further information and related links.