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Lesson 4 - Paragraph Spacing

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Paragraph Spacing


When you complete one paragraph in Word, you simply press Enter key to change the paragraph, by default, Enter key helps you to change the line and cursor moves to next line with some space.

It’s a space between two paragraphs which was set by MS-Word itself, by default. You can maximize or minimize this space between two paragraphs as per your wish or requirement.


Adjust the Paragraph spacing –


MS-Word allow you to increase or decrease the space before or space after as per your requirement.

Space before indicate the space you assigned before the paragraph while space after indicate the amount of space you give after the paragraph.


Follow these steps to adjust the space –

  1. 1. First select the paragraph you wish to format.
  2. 2. Click on Line and Paragraph spacing in Home tab (under paragraph section).
  3. 3. Select the paragraph spacing you wish to assign to your paragraph.
  4. 4. You can also Add Space before Paragraph or Remove it after it.


To set space before and after the paragraph or between lines (for more control on paragraph spacing and line spacing) you can select Line Spacing Option from the drop down list of Line and Paragraph Spacing.


On clicking Line Spacing Option a new dialog box is open with more option and gives you more control over spacing.



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Course Lesson -

Introduction, Working With Paragraph, Cut Copy and Paste, Paragraph Spacing, What is Line Spacing, First Line Indent, Header and Footer, Remove Header and Footer, The Designing Tab, Show and Hide, Insert Date and Time, Insert Page Number, Indent Marker, Tabs, Text Alignment, Drawing Shapes in Word, Find and Replace, Font Size and Style, Subscript and Superscript, Strike Through, Use Spell Checker, Textbox and WordArt, Hyperlink in Word Document, Add Email in Document, Indent and Tab, Smart Art,

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