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word allows you to fine-tune the line
and paragraph spacing in your documents
in this example I'd like to start by
changing the line spacing which is the
space between each line of text start by
selecting some text and then in the
paragraph group click the line and
paragraph spacing command by default the
line spacing is 1.08 so if you change it
to 1.0 the lines will be a little bit
closer together and if you choose 2.0
they'll be double-spaced but if you want
to have more precise control click line
spacing options there are two things
that you can change the line spacing
mode and the amount when the mode is set
to multiple you can type in the number
of lines of spacing that you want the
default is one point zero eight so we
might change it to something like 1.25
to spread the lines out a little bit if
you're more accustomed to measuring end
points like with font sizes you can
select exactly usually you'll want the
spacing to be a little bit larger than
the font size since I have 12-point text
I'd like to set it to about 14 or 15 now
you may have noticed that there is some
extra space between each paragraph
that's because word adds paragraph
spacing by default if you want you can
remove it or change the amount of space
make sure the text is selected and then
click the line and paragraph spacing
command and then at the bottom of the
list there are two options add space
before paragraph and remove space after
paragraph these options will vary
depending on the current paragraph
spacing just like with line spacing if
you want to fine-tune the paragraph
spacing go to line spacing options and
then you can type in whichever values
you want for the space before and after
I think I'll try 10 points after each
paragraph
I think this looks pretty good but if
you don't like the way the line or
paragraph spacing looks you can go back
and adjust it until your document looks
the way that you want