How to change word spacing in word

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You can control the vertical space between the lines of text in your document by setting the line spacing. Or, you can change the vertical space between paragraphs in your document by setting the spacing before or spacing after paragraphs. You can also choose to keep lines of text together or keep paragraphs together on a page.

Change the line spacing in an entire document

  1. Go to Design > Paragraph Spacing.

  2. Choose an option. To single space your document, select No Paragraph Space.

To return to the original settings later, go to Design > Paragraph Spacing and choose the option under Style Set. This may be Default or the name of style you’re currently using.

Change the line spacing in a portion of the document

  1. Select one or more paragraphs to update. Press Ctrl + A to select all.

  2. Go to Home > Line and Paragraph Spacing Line and Paragraph Spacing button

  3. Select Line Spacing Options and choose an option in the Line spacing box.

    Line spacing options

  4. Adjust the Before and After settings to change spacing between paragraphs.

  5. Select OK.

For more info, see Adjust indents and spacing.

Change the line spacing in an entire document

  1. Go to Design > Paragraph Spacing.

    On the Design tab, Paragraph Spacing is highlighted

  2. Choose the option you want. If you want to single space your document, choose No Paragraph Space.

This overrides the settings of the style you’re currently using. If you decide later to return to the original settings, go to Design > Paragraph Spacing and choose the option under Style Set. The option might be Default, as shown above, or it will show the name of style you’re currently using.

Change the line spacing in a portion of the document

  1. Select the paragraphs you want to change.

  2. Go to Home > Line and Paragraph Spacing.

    On the Home tab, Line Spacing is hightlighted

  3. Choose the number of line spaces you want or select Line Spacing Options, and then select the options you want under Spacing.

    In the Paragraph dialog box, the Spacing section is highlighted

  4. To change the spacing before or after each of the paragraphs in the text you selected, click the arrow next to Before or After and enter the amount of space that you want.

  5. Select OK.

  1. Select the paragraph whose lines you want to keep together.

  2. Go to Format > Paragraph >Line and Page Breaks.

  3. Select Keep lines together.

  1. Select the first of the two paragraphs that you want to keep together.

    Tip: If you want to keep more than two paragraphs together, select all but the last paragraph.

  2. Go to Format > Paragraph.

  3. Go to Line and Page Breaks.

  4. Select Keep with next.

  5. Select OK.

  1. Select the paragraphs you want to change, or press Ctrl+A to select everything.

  2. Go to Home > Line Spacing.

    Line spacing button

  3. Choose the number of line spaces you want, or select Line Spacing Options and then select the options you want in the Paragraph dialog box under Spacing:

    Paragraph dialog box

Tip: If you want to change the spacing before or after the selected paragraphs, select the arrows in the Before or After boxes, or type a number directly.

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You can change the spacing between characters of text for selected text or for particular characters. In addition, you can stretch or compress an entire paragraph to make it fit and look the way that you want it to.

Change the spacing between characters

Selecting Expanded or Condensed alters the spacing between all selected letters by the same amount. Kerning alters the spacing between particular pairs of letters — in some cases reducing and in other cases expanding the space depending upon the letters.

Expand or condense the space evenly between all the selected characters

  1. Select the text that you want to change.

  2. On the Home tab, click the Font Dialog Box Launcher, and then click the Advanced tab.

    Font Dialog Box Launcher

    Note: If you’re using Word 2007 the tab is called Character Spacing.

  3. In the Spacing box, click Expanded or Condensed, and then specify how much space you want in the By box.

    Use the font dialog to specify whether your character spacing should be expanded or compressed

Kern the characters that are above a particular size

Kerning refers to the way spacing between two specific characters is adjusted. The idea is to give a better looking result by reducing the spacing between characters that fit together nicely (such as «A» and «V») and increasing the spacing between characters that don’t.

  1. Select the text that you want to change.

  2. On the Home tab, click the Font Dialog Box Launcher, and then click the Advanced tab.

    Font Dialog Box Launcher

    Note: If you’re using Word 2007 the tab is called Character Spacing.

  3. Select the Kerning for fonts check box, and then enter the point size in the Points and above box.

    Allow Word to set kerning between characters that are of a certain font size or larger

Stretch or scale the text horizontally

When you scale the text, you change the shapes of the characters by percentages. You can scale text by stretching it or by compressing it.

  1. Select the text that you want to stretch or compress.

  2. On the Home tab, click the Font Dialog Box Launcher, and then click the Advanced tab.

    Font Dialog Box Launcher

    Note: If you’re using Word 2007 the tab is called Character Spacing.

  3. In the Scale box, enter the percentage that you want.

    Percentages above 100 percent stretch the text. Percentages below 100 percent compress the text.

Change the line spacing

To increase or decrease the amount of vertical space between lines of text within a paragraph, the best method is to modify the style the paragraph uses.

  1. Find the style you’re using in the Styles gallery on the Home tab.

  2. Right-click the style you want to change and select Modify.

    Right-click the Caption style in the Styles gallery to modify the formatting of your captions.

  3. Near the center of the dialog box you’ll find the line spacing buttons that let you select single, 1.5x or double spaced. Choose the spacing you want to apply and click OK.

    Modify the line spacing options in your style to adjust vertical spacing in Word.

If you’d like to apply more specific line spacing to the style, clickthe Format button at the bottom left corner of the Modify Style dialog box and select Paragraph. The Line spacing drop-down lets you select or set more specific line spacing.

Use the Paragraph dialog box to set more specific spacing between lines of text

For more information on modifying styles in Word, see: Customize styles in Word.

See also

  • Using Styles in Word — a free, 10-minute video training course.

  • Change the font size

  • Set page margins

  • Align text left or right, center text, or justify text on a page

  • Change the line spacing in Word

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What to Know

  • To fix spacing between words, go to Find and Replace. Enter a space in both fields, then go to More > Format > Font and choose a font size.
  • To adjust spacing between characters, go to Home, select Expand (the down-arrow) next to Font, and select the Advanced tab.
  • To change spacing between lines, go to Home and select Expand (the down-arrow) next to Paragraph and adjust the Spacing options.

This article explains how to fix spacing in Word 2021, 2019, 2016, and Word for Microsoft 365.

How to Fix Spacing Between Words in Word

Using different fonts or font sizes in your document can lead to inconsistent spacing between words. Follow these steps to adjust the spacing between words without affecting the space between letters:

To show paragraph breaks and spaces, go to the Home tab and select the Show/Hide icon (¶) in the Paragraph group.

  1. Highlight the text you want to change and select the Home tab. Press Ctrl+A (Windows) or Cmd+A (Mac) to highlight the entire document.

  2. Select Replace in the Editing group.

    On Mac, go to Edit > Find > Advanced Find and Replace, then select the Replace tab.

  3. Click in the Find what text field and press your spacebar to create a space.

  4. Click in the Replace with field and press your spacebar to create a space.

  5. Select More to expand the window.

  6. Select Format and choose Font.

  7. Under Size, choose the font size you use most consistently throughout the document, then select OK.

  8. Select Replace All.

  9. In a new window, Word will report the number of replacements. Select Yes to apply changes to the entire document, or select No to change only the highlighted text.

The spacing between words should now be consistent. You can now close the Find and Replace window.

Don’t add multiple spaces between words because it makes formatting the entire document more difficult.

You can justify text in Word if you want to expand word spacing so the right margin is always straight (like a newspaper column).

How Do I Fix Spacing Between Characters?

To adjust the spacing between characters (letters, numbers, symbols, etc.), follow these steps:

  1. Highlight the text you want to change and select the Home tab.

  2. Next to Font, select Expand (the down-arrow).

  3. Go to the Advanced tab. To stretch or compress the text, increase or decrease Scaling. For Spacing, choose Expanded or Condensed to adjust the spacing between all characters.

    Select Kerning for fonts to enable text kerning. This feature automatically adjusts the spacing between characters to be more aesthetically pleasing. You can choose to kern characters above a certain size.

How to Fix Line Spacing in Word

Follow these steps to change the amount of space between lines within a paragraph:

To adjust the spacing between paragraphs, go to the Design tab, select Paragraph Spacing and choose from the options. For single spacing, choose No Paragraph Space.

  1. Highlight the text you want to change and select the Home tab.

  2. Next to Paragraph, select Expand (the down-arrow).

  3. In the Spacing section, manually set the amount of space before and after line breaks, or choose one of the options under Line spacing. Select the Line and Page Breaks tab for more advanced options like text wrapping and pagination settings.

    When you’re done, select OK to save changes.

FAQ

  • How do I change the tab spacing in Word?

    The quickest way to set tab stops is to click the ruler where you want a tab. Alternatively, go to the Home tab and select Paragraph Settings in the Paragraph group. Next, select the Tabs button. Finally, set the desired Tab stop position, click Set, and click OK.

  • How do I fix the spacing between bullet points in Word?

    To change line spacing between bullets in a list, select the list and then click the Paragraph Dialog Box Launcher. On the Indents and Spacing tab, under Spacing, clear the Don’t add space between paragraphs of the same style check box.

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In my last Microsoft Word tutorial, we adjusted the space between letters. Today, we’re going to adjust the space between words in Microsoft Word without altering the letter spacing.

A Word of Caution: You may be tempted to increase the space between words by adding multiple spaces. I strongly advise against this practice because adding unnecessary spaces (rather than making individual spaces bigger, as shown in this tutorial) can disturb other formatting in your document.

This tutorial is available as a YouTube video showing all the steps in real time.

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The images below are from Word for Microsoft 365. These steps will also work in Word 2021, Word 2019, Word 2016, and Word 2013.

  1. Select the Home tab in the ribbon.

Home tab in Word 365

Figure 1. Home tab
  1. (Optional) Select the Show/Hide button in the Paragraph group to reveal your document’s formatting.

Show/Hide button in Word 365

Figure 2. Show/Hide button
  1. Select the part of the text you want to change. (Pro Tip: Press Ctrl + A to select the entire document.)

Example of selected text in Word 365

Figure 3. Example of selected text
  1. Take note of your current font size in the Font Size menu. The default space between words is based on your current font size.

Font Size menu in Word 365

Figure 4. Font Size menu
  1. Select the Replace button in the Editing group to open the Find and Replace dialog box.

Replace button in the Home tab in Word 365

Figure 5. Replace button
  1. Place your cursor in the Find what text box and then press your spacebar once to create one space.

"Find what" text box in the Find and Replace dialog box in Word 365

Figure 6. “Find what” text box
  1. Place your cursor in the Replace with text box and then press your spacebar once to create one space.

"Replace with" text box in the Find and Replace dialog box in Word 365

Figure 7. “Replace with” text box
  1. Select the More button to expand the dialog box. (Disregard this step if your dialog box is already expanded.)

More button in the Find and Replace dialog box in Word 365

Figure 8. More button
  1. Select the Format button.

Format button in the Find and Replace dialog box in Word 365

Figure 9. Format button
  1. Select Font in the Format menu.

Font option in the Find and Replace dialog box in Word 365

Figure 10. Font option
  1. Select a larger or smaller font size in the Size menu in the Replace Font dialog box. Alternatively, you can type a specific size into the text box at the top of the menu.

Size menu in the Replace Font dialog box in Word 365

Figure 11. Size menu
  1. Select the OK button.

OK button in the Replace Font dialog box in Word 365

Figure 12. OK button
  1. Select the Replace All button.

Replace All button in the Find and Replace dialog box in Word 365

Figure 13. Replace All button
  1. A dialog box will report the number of replacements.
    • Select Yes if you want to expand the replacements to your whole document.
    • Select No if you only want the replacements in the text you selected in step 3.

Replacement information box in Word 365

Figure 14. Dialog box stating number of replacements
  1. Select the Close button.

Close button in the Find and Replace dialog box in Word 365

Figure 15. Close button

The spacing between words should now be changed in your selected text.

Selected text with increased word spacing in Word 365

Figure 16. Example of text with increased word spacing
  1. (Optional) Reselect the Show/Hide button to hide your formatting (see figure 2).

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  1. Open your Word Document
  2. Highlight the text you want to change the spacing between
  3. Right-click on your highlighted text
  4. Click Font

  1. Under Font, find and click Advanced

  1. Click Spacing
  2. Select Expanded to increase the spacing between your characters, or Condensed to reduce the size of the spacing between your characters
  1. Press OK

You have now successfully adjusted the spacing between each character selected.

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This wikiHow teaches you how to customize a Word document’s layout design by changing line spacing and character spacing, using a computer.

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    Open a Word document on your computer. Find the Word document you want to edit on your computer, and open it.

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    Select the entire text in the document. You can click and drag your mouse from the beginning to the end, or use a keyboard combination to select all.

    • The keyboard shortcut to select all is Command+A on Mac, and Control+A on Windows.
    • Alternatively, you can select a paragraph or only a few lines. In this case, you will be editing line spacing only for the selected part of your document.

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    Click the Home tab. This button is in the upper-left corner of the app window. It will open your Home toolbar at the top of the document.

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    Click the line spacing icon. This button looks like three horizontal lines with two blue arrows pointing up and down. You can find it at the middle of the Home toolbar. Clicking will open your line spacing options on a drop-down menu.

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    Select a line spacing value. Your options here include 1.0, 1.15, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, and 3.0. Selecting a value here will change your line spacing, and apply it to the selected text.

    • If you want to manually put in a number, you can select Line Spacing Options at the bottom of the drop-down menu. This will open advanced spacing options in a new pop-up window.
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    Open a Word document on your computer. Find the Word document you want to edit on your computer, and open it.

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    Select the entire text in the document. You can click and drag your mouse from the beginning to the end, or use a keyboard combination to select all.

    • The keyboard shortcut to select all is Command+A on Mac, and Control+A on Windows.
    • Alternatively, you can select a paragraph or only a few lines. In this case, you will be editing character spacing only for the selected part of your document.
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    Press Command+D on Mac or Control+D on Windows. This will open your Font options in a new pop-up window.

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    Click the Advanced tab. It’s next to Font at the top of the pop-up window.

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    Click the selector bar next to Spacing. This option is located under the Character Spacing heading. It will allow you to select one of Normal, Expanded or Condensed for character spacing.

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    Adjust the spacing value in the box next to the selector bar. You can click the up and down arrow buttons here to adjust character spacing to the precise amount.

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    Click the OK button. This will apply your new character spacing settings to the selected text.

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When I am trying to Justify text paragraph in MS Word, random space is generating between words. How can I set equal gap between words and how can I change the setting of Justify

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asked Jul 20, 2010 at 10:43

You are probably justifying the text in Center mode, which means that the text must reach both ends of the page, left and right.

If the text-line is not exactly of the width of the printed page, the only way for Word to make both ends meet is by adding space in-between the words. Word in effect distributes the missing width pixels among the white-space in the line.

Word has a nice algorithm for this, and it’s not at all random.

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Justify is meant to spread the text out over the width of the current container and shouldn’t be used if you want equal widths between your words. To change the width of the space between the words you should change the font settings of the text: You can do this by selecting the text, do a right click and click Font, then go to the advanced tab where you can change the character spacing settings.

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Character Spacing in the Font dialog adjusts spacing between letters of the selected text. It barely adjusts the spacing between words. Word does not have a nice algorithm for spacing in my opinion. It is a lame attempt to emulate a publishing layout tool, which it is not. If you want to justify text and control the spacing to the 1/1000th of a em, use a professional layout application like Adobe InDesign. I never justify paragraph text in Word. It creates unsightly rivers (uneven white space between words that flows down the page).

To increase the spacing between words, say in a title that is ALL CAPS, use two spaces. And if that creates too large a gap, reduce the font size of the spaces only. If you’re thinking you could just increase the font size of a single space, then you’ll discover this also affects the vertical line spacing (unless you’ve specified an exact line height).

answered Jun 10, 2014 at 17:15

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Found no way to get rid of that ugly spaces. All I could do is to select the gapped text with some more lines below it, then cut and paste using the option text only. that worked for me.

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There are lots of reasons you might want to change the amount of space between lines in a paragraph, or between paragraphs themselves. Word offers some handy preset values to use, but you can also take full control by specifying exact spacing. Here’s how.

Changing the line or paragraph spacing in a document is not something you might need to do very often. But as anyone who’s had to turn in a paper with mandatory double spacing knows, it can be the difference between passing and failing. Outside of college, you still might be faced with line spacing guidelines by employers, clients, or publishers. And even in your own documents, the right spacing can  make your document more readable or highlight parts of the documents on which you want your readers to focus . If the default spacing in Word doesn’t quite hit the spot for you, Word makes it easy to change.

They are both pretty much what they sound like. Line spacing is the amount of white space between two lines of text. Paragraph spacing is the amount of white space between two paragraphs. And like using the right font or proper margins, controlling spacing is an important part of document formatting.

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And weird as it might sound at first, both line and paragraph spacing are applied at the paragraph level. Line spacing controls how all lines of a paragraph are spaced. Paragraph spacing controls how much space comes before and after the paragraph.

In Word, line spacing is most commonly measured in multiples of whatever font size the paragraph is using. For example, say you’re using a 12 point font for the text in your paragraph. If you choose single line spacing, the space between lines will be 12 points. If you choose double spacing, that space between lines will be 24 points. However, if you want to fine tune things, you can also specify an exact point size to use.

Paragraphs work a bit differently. By default, Word adds eight points of space after a paragraph and no additional space before the paragraph, and you can change both of those values however you like.

Let’s take a closer look at how to do all this.

Use Quick Presets for Easy Changes

Word has some common preset options for you to choose from. Remember that line and paragraph spacing are both applied at the paragraph level. If you place your insertion point in a paragraph, you’ll change things for that paragraph. If you select text from multiple paragraphs, you’ll change things for all those paragraphs.

Select all of the paragraphs you want to change (or place your insertion point anywhere in a single paragraph you want to change). On the Home tab, click the “Line and Paragraph Spacing” button.

This opens a dropdown menu with presets for line spacing (at the top) and paragraph spacing (at the bottom).

The line spacing is shown in multiples. “2.0” is double spacing, “3.0” is triple spacing, and so on. Select the multiple you want, and Word applies it to the selected paragraphs. If you want to choose another spacing, or revert to the original spacing, click the “Line and Paragraph Spacing” option again and select a different multiple.

The paragraph spacing only lets you add or remove a preset spacing before the paragraph or after the paragraph. And it’s kind of weird the way it works. If you currently have no spacing before or after a paragraph, the menu shows commands for adding spacing in both locations (as shown in the previous image). If you add a space in one location, that command changes to let you remove that spacing.

So, you can only ever add or remove one level of preset spacing with the menu commands. And what are those presets? 12 points for the spacing before the paragraph and 8 points for the spacing after.

These presets work well enough for simple changes to a few paragraphs. But what if you want to change the spacing on the whole document? You could select everything (Ctrl+A) and then use these same commands, but there are some better presets available if you want to change the whole document.

Use Additional Spacing Presets for Your Whole Document

Switch over to the “Design” tab, and then click the “Paragraph Spacing” button.

Now, even though that button is labeled “Paragraph Spacing,” the changes here can apply to both paragraph and line spacing for your document. As you hover your pointer over each preset, you can see the changes reflected in your document. You’ll also see a little text bubble pop up that lets you know exactly what line and paragraph spacing options that preset will apply.

This is an “all or nothing” option, so it’ll only work for the whole document, or not at all. Here’s what the Compact, Open, and Double presets look like on identical text.

At the bottom of that “Paragraph Spacing” dropdown menu, you can also click the “Custom Paragraph Spacing” command to open the Manage Styles window.

On the “Set Defaults” tab, the tools in the “Paragraph Spacing” section let you fine tune spacing for your document. You can also choose at the bottom whether to apply your changes only in the current document, or to all new documents based on the same template.

Apply Finer Control to Paragraph and Line Spacing

If you want a little more finesse than any of these presets we’ve covered offer, you do have another option (this is Word, after all).

First, place your insertion point in the paragraph you want to change (or select multiple paragraphs, or the whole document with Ctrl+A). On the “Home” tab, click the small arrow at the bottom right of the Paragraph group.

This opens the Paragraph window. On the “Indents and Spacing” tab, in the “Spacing” section, you can apply specific adjustments to both paragraph and line spacing.

On the left, you can use the “Before” and “After” controls to specify how much space you want before and after paragraphs. You’ve also got the option to keep your paragraph spacing from affecting blocks of text that are in different styles by switching on the “Don’t add space between paragraphs of the same style” checkbox. (If you’re not sure whether you’re using different styles then you probably aren’t.)

On the right in that section, the “Line Spacing” dropdown lets you choose all those same line spacing presets we looked at before, along with some other options.

These additional options include:

  • At least: This option lets you specify a minimum point size to use for line spacing and is only useful in very specific circumstances. For example, say you had one line in a paragraph that for whatever reason used a smaller font size than the other lines. Regular spacing options might make it look weird. Choose a minimum spacing can help.
  • Exactly: This option lets you specify an exact point size to use between lines of the selected paragraphs.
  • Multiple: This options lets you dial in a specific multiple to use for spacing. For example, if 1.5 spacing seems too tight and 2.0 seems too wide, you could try something like 1.75.

Between these three options you’ve got complete control of all your document spacing, so now you can confidently double space that term paper or wow your colleagues with a perfectly formatted report.

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  • Вариант 1: Интервал между символами
  • Вариант 2: Интервал между словами
  • Вариант 3: Интервал между строками
  • Вопросы и ответы

Как изменить межсимвольный интервал в Ворде

Вариант 1: Интервал между символами

Увеличить, уменьшить либо сделать стандартным межсимвольный интервал в Ворде можно путем изменения одного из параметров шрифта, вызвав соответствующее меню. На выбор доступно три варианта:

Как изменить межсимвольный интервал, увеличить или уменьшить в документе Microsoft Word

  • Обычный;
  • Стандартный интервал между символами в текстовом документе Microsoft Word

  • Разреженный;
  • Разреженный интервал между символами в текстовом документе Microsoft Word

  • Уплотненный.
  • Уплотненный интервал между символами в текстовом документе Microsoft Word

    Помимо указанных значений по умолчанию, можно задать произвольное, указав желаемое количество пунктов в окне настройки. Более подробно обо всех нюансах данной процедуры мы ранее рассказывали в отдельных инструкциях.

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Вариант 2: Интервал между словами

В дополнение к предложенному выше решению либо исключительно вместо него в Ворде можно увеличить или уменьшить отступ между словами, заменив стандартный пробел на отличный от него символ.

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Примеры того, как каждый из них будет выглядеть в тексте, показаны ниже.

  • Обычный:
  • Обычные пробелы в текстовом документе Microsoft Word

  • Длинный;
  • Длинные пробелы в текстовом документе Microsoft Word

  • Короткий;
  • Короткие пробелы в текстовом документе Microsoft Word

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  • Четвертной.
  • Четвертные пробелы в текстовом документе Microsoft Word

    Узнать же более детально о том, как сделать интервал между словами большим или меньшим, а также как восстановить его стандартное значение и/или избавиться от возможных проблем, помогут представленные по ссылкам ниже статьи.

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Вариант 3: Интервал между строками

Под изменением расстояния между буквами и словами в тексте обычно подразумевается его размер по горизонтали. Если же помимо этого требуется еще и увеличить или уменьшить вертикальное значение, то есть отступы между строками и абзацами, воспользуйтесь представленной ниже инструкцией.

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Во время набора текста или при оформлении документа наряду с размером и типом шрифта важную роль играет межстрочный интервал в Ворде. От этого зависит удобочитаемость текста, междустрочный интервал относится к параметрам форматирования в Microsoft Word.

Расстояние между двумя строками, известное как междустрочный интервал в Ворде, влияет на визуальное восприятие текстовой информации. Например, если расстояние слишком маленькое, то такой текст будет затруднительно читать, а при большем интервале текст выглядит рассеянным, что также не способствует комфортному чтению.

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  1. Как сделать межстрочный интервал в Ворде — 1 способ
  2. Как сделать междустрочный интервал в Word — 2 способ
  3. Как настроить междустрочный интервал в документе Microsoft Word — 3 способ
  4. Как изменить межстрочный интервал в Word — 4 способ
  5. Выводы статьи
  6. Как изменить межстрочный интервал в Word (видео)

Междустрочный интервал определяет расстояние между строками в тексте документа Word. Интервал между строк текста впрямую зависит от размера используемого шрифта. Расстояние учитывается между базовыми линиями каждой строки, проходящими строго по центру букв (с учетом верхних и нижних их элементов).

Во многих случаях при наборе текста используется одинарный междустрочный интервал, который равен размеру шрифта текста. Часто используется и полуторный междустрочный интервал, который применяется при оформлении рефератов, курсовых и дипломов.

Наряду с другими вариантами, для увеличения пространства между стоками текста применяют двойной интервал. Благодаря этому удваивается пространство между строками документа, потому что вы добавляете полную строку пробела между каждой строкой текста.

междустрочные интервалы

Какой межстрочный интервал выбрать зависит от решаемых задач и предъявляемых требований к оформлению документа Word.

В этом руководстве вы найдете инструкции о том, как сделать междустрочный интервал в Ворде, и как настроить межстрочный интервал, используя пользовательские параметры.

Как сделать межстрочный интервал в Ворде — 1 способ

Вы можете быстро увеличить межстрочный интервал Word с помощью встроенных параметров текстового редактора. Этот способ можно применить в версиях программы MS Word 2021, MS Word 2019, MS Word 2016, MS Word 2013.

Пройдите последовательные шаги:

  1. Откройте документ Word.
  2. Войдите во вкладку «Конструктор» («Дизайн»).
  3. В группе «Форматирование документа» найдите и щелкните по кнопке «Интервал между абзацами».

интервал между абзацами

  1. В выпадающем меню предлагаются следующие варианты:
  • По умолчанию — междустрочный интервал «1,08».
  • Отсутствует — междустрочный интервал «1».
  • Сжатый — междустрочный интервал «1».
  • Узкий — междустрочный интервал «1,15».
  • Неплотный — междустрочный интервал «1,15».
  • Свободный — междустрочный интервал «1,5».
  • Двойной — междустрочный интервал «2».

набор стилей

Перемещая курсор мыши между этими пунктами, вы можете визуально наблюдать за изменениями интервалов между строками текста.

  1. Выберите один из подходящих вариантов. При выборе любого из предложенных параметров изменения применяются ко всему документу Word.

выбор стиля

Вы можете создать свой собственный стиль междустрочного интервала. Для этого выберите пункт «Пользовательский интервал между абзацами…».

В окне «Управление стилями», после открытия вкладки «По умолчанию» настраивается изменение междустрочного интервала. Укажите подходящие значения в группе «Интервал». В параметрах стилей, помимо интервала между строками абзаца, имеется возможность изменить интервал до или после абзаца.

выбор интервала

Как сделать междустрочный интервал в Word — 2 способ

В случае необходимости, вы можете задать пользовательский размер междустрочного интервала в документе Word.

Чтобы изменить междустрочный интервал Word, выполните следующие действия:

  1. В окне открытого документа Word выделите нужные абзацы. Если вам необходимо применить изменения ко всему тексту, нажмите на клавиши «Ctrl» + «A» для его выделения.
  2. Щелкните правой кнопкой мыши по выделенному фрагменту.
  3. В контекстном меню выберите пункт «Абзац».

абзац

  1. В окне «Абзац» на вкладке «Отступы и интервалы» находятся параметры междустрочного интервала. В группе «Интервал» в графе «междустрочный:» выберите нужный интервал:
  • Множитель — самостоятельная установка межстрочного интервала. Если вы не вносили изменений, в настройках отображается значение по умолчанию.

В версиях Word 2021-2013 по умолчанию используется интервал в 1,08 строки, что немного больше, чем при одинарном интервале. В версиях Word 2010-2007 по умолчанию используется значение «1,15».

  • Одинарный — размер интервала равен размеру текущего шрифта текста абзаца.
  • 1,5 строки — интервал равен полуторному размеру шрифта текста абзаца.
  • Двойной — интервал равен двойному размеру шрифта текста абзаца.
  • Минимум — интервал не меньше заданного в пунктах настроек размера.
  • Точно — интервал точно соответствует заданному в пунктах размеру.

выбор межстрочного интервала

  1. Нажмите на кнопку «ОК», чтобы изменения вступили в силу.

Интервалы «Одинарный», «1,5 строки» и «Двойной» зависят от высоты текущего шрифта. Если вы увеличите размер шрифта, то соответственно пропорционально увеличится и размер интервала между строками абзаца.

В интервалах «Минимум» и «Точно» устанавливается точное значение междустрочного интервала в «пунктах» (типографских пунктах). В случае увеличения или уменьшения высоты шрифта, межстрочный интервал не изменяется.

интервал точно

Как настроить междустрочный интервал в документе Microsoft Word — 3 способ

Ознакомьтесь с другим способом установить интервал между строками абзаца самостоятельно, выбрав подходящий вариант.

Проделайте следующее:

  1. В открытом документе Word переходим во вкладку «Главная».
  2. Выделяем нужные абзацы.
  3. В группе «Абзац» щелкаем по кнопке «Интервал» («Междустрочный интервал»).

интервал

  1. В открывшемся меню выбираем необходимый межстрочный интервал абзаца:
  • 1,0;
  • 1,15;
  • 1,5;
  • 2,0;
  • 2,5;
  • 3,0;

Здесь есть возможности для добавления интервала перед и после абзаца или можно выбрать другие варианты междустрочных интервалов. Затем вы можете применить выбранные настройки к текущему документу или к новым документам, использующим текущий шаблону.

Как изменить межстрочный интервал в Word — 4 способ

Существует простой способ для изменения интервалов между строк при редактировании документа MS Word. Этим методом вы можете задать одинарный (междустрочный интервал 1), полуторный (межстрочный интервал 1,5), и двойной (межстрочный интервал 2).

Чтобы изменить межстрочный интервал в тексте, выполните действия:

  1. В открытом окне текстового редактора Word установите указатель мыши в нужный абзац текста.
  2. Используйте следующие сочетания клавиш клавиатуры, чтобы задать необходимые параметры:
  • «Ctrl» + «1» — одинарный интервал;
  • «Ctrl» + «5» — полуторный интервал;
  • «Ctrl» + «2» — двойной интервал.

Выводы статьи

Высота и тип шрифта, а также междустрочный интервал играют важную роль для визуального восприятия текста в документе Word. Интервал можно изменить, увеличивая или уменьшая расстояние между строками текста. В случае необходимости, пользователь может применить готовые параметры междустрочных интервалов в Word или самостоятельно настроить межстрочный интервал абзаца во время оформления документа.

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