Automatic double spacing in microsoft word 2007

I located the normal. Locate the file. Open the normal. Modify your settings, font, and paragraph in the regular way. Save your file. You will have to name it normal1. Rename your original normal. Rename your new normal1. After these gyrations, when I open a new Word document, it opens in the correct format with single spacing and my Times New Roman 12 pt. It got VERY frustrating for me trying every other thing imaginable. Omg, you are my angel.

Why why why, Microsoft? Thank you for your straight-forward, easy to follow tutorial! Mike has hit the solution above. Didn't match my screen. Incorrect instructions. Too technical. Not enough information. Not enough pictures. Any additional feedback? Submit feedback. Thank you for your feedback! To select all text in a document, hold down the Ctrl key and tap A.

Click the box below "Line Spacing". Depending on your current spacing standards, this box may say "Multiple" or "Single". Method 2. Open your Microsoft Word Document. Your document should load with the "Home" tab, which displays most of the basic text property settings, open by default. You'll need to click and drag your mouse cursor over the text, releasing the button only when you've highlighted your preferred section.

Click the "Line and Paragraph Spacing" button. This is the button with a vertical arrow pointing both up and down; you can find it in the "Paragraph" section of the Home tab. Click "2. Your highlighted text should now be double-spaced!

Include your email address to get a message when this question is answered. By using this service, some information may be shared with YouTube. The "right-click menu" method of double-spacing should work for any version of Microsoft Word. The time you spend on the first series of articles and learning about Styles will be returned at least four-fold in the time you will save doing things in Word.

Understanding Styles in Microsoft Word. I am sure many more users will end up asking this question. As always there are two sides. If you are a professional writer then of course it is useful to just type until one wants to end the paragraph, then press Enter and the text is nicely formatted with a space already. However I submit that the majority of us use Word for writing memos and letters and in this case I do not want a space after each line when I am writing the address to for example.

Personally I think Microsoft should heed the majority and make this facility a 'turn on' if you need it. I have no problem hitting Enter twice when I want a new paragraph. Threats include any threat of suicide, violence, or harm to another. Any content of an adult theme or inappropriate to a community web site. Any image, link, or discussion of nudity. Any behavior that is insulting, rude, vulgar, desecrating, or showing disrespect.

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Details required : characters remaining Cancel Submit 3 people found this reply helpful. The default is 6 after which gives you the space. PS: Before I get a telling off, it is bad practice to do what I have suggested. The paragraph mark is not just a mark, it contains all the formatting information re the paragraph that is the formatting properties of a paragraph are maintained in the paragraph mark.

When typing a page in word. I want single spaced lines. How do I accomplist this. I have no idea what changed as this problem just started occuring. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit.