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Line Spacing and Margins in Ms Word

This document explains how to modify line spacing and margins in Microsoft Word. It discusses adjusting line spacing by selecting options from the Paragraph dialog box such as single, 1.5, or double spacing. It also covers changing margins by clicking the Margins button and selecting from presets or custom margins to specify sizes for the top, bottom, left and right margins. The tutorial provides step-by-step instructions for applying these formatting changes in Word.

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Line Spacing and Margins in Ms Word

This document explains how to modify line spacing and margins in Microsoft Word. It discusses adjusting line spacing by selecting options from the Paragraph dialog box such as single, 1.5, or double spacing. It also covers changing margins by clicking the Margins button and selecting from presets or custom margins to specify sizes for the top, bottom, left and right margins. The tutorial provides step-by-step instructions for applying these formatting changes in Word.

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Line Spacing and Margins in Microsoft Word

South Puget Sound Community College


Student Computing Center
Written by: Chris Dorn

One of the first things that readers will notice when they see a document is the line spacing and
margins. Not only that, but certain courses and citation styles call for certain formatting standards
that determine what line spacing and margins you should use. This tutorial explains the basics of
how to modify these two formatting features in Microsoft Word.

Line Spacing
To adjust the amount of space between each line, open the Paragraph dialog box, found in the
middle of the Ribbon on the Home tab.

In the Paragraph dialog box, select


one of the options from the
dropdown menu under Line
spacing. You can select single-,
1.5-, or double-spacing, or you can
select Multiple and set your own
custom line spacing.

To apply your selected line spacing,


select OK.

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Notice that Microsoft Word often has some fairly


unusual default settings for line spacing. If, for
instance, you just want plain, single-spaced text, you
will have to change the numbers in the Before and After
options to 0 pt.

You can also change the line spacing for certain sections of text rather than for the entire
document. To do this, highlight whatever text that you want to modify before following the
instructions above.

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Margins
Margins are the blank spaces that line the top, bottom, and left and right sides of a document.
They are important because they help make a document look neat and professional.
To change margins, click on the Margins button, found on the Page Layout tab.

Word lists a number of pre-formatted options, but you can also make your own margins by
selecting Custom Margins, found at the bottom of the Margins list.

You can change each of the four margins in the dialog


box that appears. If, for instance, you want to have a 2inch margin on the top, a 1.5-inch margin on the
bottom, and a 1-inch margin on both the left and right,
enter the numbers as pictured to the left.
To apply the settings, click OK.

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