How To Double Space In Word — 4 Methods

Mark Harwood
4 min readFeb 22, 2024

5 days away, lets jump back into it! I wanted to cover off a topic that recently came up at work: How to double space in Word.

Before we get into the post, I want to let you know that I’ve also posted this on my website and GitHub!

Okay, lets get started…

Introduction

I’ve recently come across a need to improve readability of Microsoft Word documents. We had an issue where a stake holder in a business had trouble reading small print and regular spaced documents. This meant we had to go through the documents we had sent over a change them to improve readability.

Before this I had never come across ‘Double Spacing’. If you haven’t either, this increases the space between lines of text. It’s particularly useful in printed documents as it makes it easy to make notes between the lines versus being crammed to either side of the paper.

How To Double Space In Word — Methods!

Lets jump into my 4 ways to implement double space in Microsoft Word

Design Dropdown

The first method is often the simplest, it involves using the menus built into Microsoft Word. You’ll find this method below:

  1. Open the Word document you want…

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Mark Harwood
Mark Harwood

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