Please Note: This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Word versions: 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and Word in Microsoft 365. If you are using an earlier version (Word 2003 or earlier), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for earlier versions of Word, click here: Double-Spacing Your Document.
Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated October 24, 2020)
This tip applies to Word 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and Word in Microsoft 365
If you are writing for a living, you already know that many publishers require a printed copy of your manuscript to be submitted double-spaced. This allows them to manually edit the manuscript prior to typesetting. (Yes, there are still some publishers who do not edit manuscripts online. Sad, but true.) As you are writing, you probably will want to keep your manuscript single-spaced so you can see more of it on the screen at a time. When you are ready to print, there is a quick way to double-space your document:
Figure 1. The Paragraph dialog box.
This last step is important. If you save your document before exiting, then the double spacing will be saved with the document, as well. If that happens, then upon opening the document again you will need to follow the above steps and, in step 5, choose Single to change the line spacing back to what it was originally.
If you are a person that likes to use the keyboard in preference to the mouse, then you can double-space your document even faster. Follow these steps:
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2022-12-28 05:52:00
Alex B
@Noo Body, not F2. The number 2 on the row of number keys that form part of the main keyboard they also have the symbol keys "!@#$%" on them. ie the no 2 that is on the row above "qwerty" row, the 2 is usually just above and slightly to the left of the "W".
2022-12-27 10:42:23
Noo Body
The '2' above the main keyboard is F2. That is the name. :)
2020-10-26 02:10:20
Alex B
For those of you using OneDrive / Sharepoint and have autosave turned on (which is the default), you may find it saves your changes anyway. Consider reopen the document as a "Copy", you can do this from Windows by right clicking and selecting New, or in Word Recent files right click and select Open as Copy. The alternative is to turn autosave off.
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