before we finish talking about
indentation I want to show you how you
can control this even more while I
usually use the ruler to control
indentation you may prefer to enter
specific measurements you can do this in
the paragraph dialog box to display this
box just click the little arrow in the
bottom right corner of the paragraph
group in the paragraph dialog box that
appears you can see the indentation
section from here you can enter specific
measurements for the index before the
text or special hanging and first line
indent if you make the changes here and
then click OK
they will be applied to the selected
text in addition to indentation you can
also control line spacing line spacing
in particular is often overlooked line
spacing is the spacing between sentences
and paragraphs in a text box let me use
the resources slide to show you how line
spacing works to change the line spacing
select the text you want to change on
this slide we'll select our entire list
on the Home tab select the line spacing
command a menu appears we can see that
1.0 has a check mark beside it
that means the selected text is
currently single spaced to change this
just select an option from the menu
you have 1.5 double-spaced 2.5 and
triple spaced let's see how the slide
changes when we select double-spaced so
you have a spacing between lines
increased using these menu options from
this command is the easiest way to
change spacing but if you want to
customize or tweak the line spacing more
you can select line spacing options from
the menu the paragraph dialog box you
saw before appears in the spacing
section you can use the line spacing
drop-down menu to select single 1.5 or
double spaced all your options you've
seen before
if you select multiple you can insert
three for triple spaced or any other
larger number if you select exactly you
can enter specific points for example if
you're trying to fit more information on
a slide you could select exactly and
then use the menu to decrease the points
slightly when you're ready to apply the
change just click OK and you'll see the
new line spacing on the slide let's
click undo on the quick access toolbar
to go back sometimes you may want to
adjust the line spacing between two
lines and not an entire list for example
on slide 5 I really want there to be
more space between the first bullets and
the second bullet if I select all the
text click the line spacing command and
choose one point five or two it will
change the spacing for all the text to
just change the spacing before or after
a line place your cursor where you want
to insert the extra spacing I'll inserts
my cursor here after the word mail
then click the line spacing command and
select line spacing options in the
paragraph dialog box locate before and
after fields in the spacing section d
before option changes the line spacing
in the area above the selected text or
paragraph the after option changes the
line spacing in the area below the
selected text or paragraph I want to add
a space after the location of my cursor
so I'll just use the menu arrows to
increase this amount then click OK and
now you can see the change on the slide
I'll do the same between my second and
third bullets and now my slider adding
line spacing and indentation are two
ways that you can improve the look of
your slides