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How do I change to double-spacing, except for a selected passage?


Microsoft Word 2013

  1. Select the whole document:
    Either press Ctrl + A
    or
    From the Home tab, Editing group, click the down arrow on the Select icon, click Select All
  2. On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click Line Spacing.

    Line Spacing on the Home tab

  3. Click 2.0 to double-space

 

Then:

  1. Select the paragraph(s) which you want to change to single-space
  2. On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click Line Spacing
  3. In the Line Spacing box, select 1.0 to single-space

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Created by Jason Bailey on 27 July 2001 and last updated by Adrian Chorlton on 1 August 2016