If the lines in your Google Docs document are too close or if the space in between your paragraphs is too large, you can put double space in Google Docs very easily. Check out What is double space in Google Docs to get an initial idea.
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How To Double Space In Google Docs (3 Simple Ways)
There are 3 simple approaches to double-space in your Google Docs document on a Desktop.
- Approach – 1: Using the Menu Bar option
- Approach – 2: Using the Toolbar option
- Approach – 3: Using the Custom Spacing option
All you have to do is simply follow the below instruction:
Approach – 1: Using the Menu Bar option
- You can place your cursor anywhere on your Google Docs to set double space.
- Click Format menu> Line spacing > Double
You can see all the lines with a single space in your document have changed into double spacing. You are not required to select a text you wish to double the space because the double-spacing option applies to your entire Google Docs document.
Approach – 2: Using the Toolbar option
Another easiest way is to use the toolbar option to double-space in Google Docs.
- You can place your cursor anywhere on your Google Docs to set double space.
- Click on the Line Spacing option that is present on the tool bar> Then choose Double as highlighted below.
Approach – 3: Using the Custom Spacing option
You can also quickly use the custom spacing option to double space in Google Docs.
If you don’t want to continue with pre-set single or double-spacing, then you need to select your own line spacing using the “Custom spacing” option in Google Docs.
Follow the below instructions to customize line spacing in Docs.
- Click Format > Line Spacing > Custom spacing.
- You can also use the custom spacing option by clicking on the “Line spacing” icon on the top right of the Docs document.
- This opens up a small Custom spacing pop-up that actually provides you the opportunity to set any particular spacing between your individual lines or different paragraphs in the Google Docs document.
- The measurement of the Line spacing in the custom line spacing is actually in terms of inches, and the paragraph spacing is measured in terms of points.
- Once you customize your measurement for the line spacing, Click the “Apply” button.
- The updated spacing will get applied to the complete Google Docs document.
If you are creating a Google Doc document and want to change the spacing between the lines of text, you have the option to change either the spacing of the lines of text before writing your document, or you can do it after writing your document
How to double space in Google Docs on Phone
- Open the Google Docs app on your Android phone/iPhone or tablet.
- Now tap on Google Docs document for which you wish to add double spacing.
- You can tap the “pencil” icon in the right corner of your app. Tap on it to edit the document.
- Double-tap to select the place in your Google Docs document where you wish to edit.
- Now tap on the Format menu > paragraph
- Next to “Line spacing,” select the arrows to choose the amount of space you wish to have between lines in the paragraph. and make it 2 to double space.
Now, you can able to see that you can able to set double space in Google Docs on your phone successfully. See the below screenshot.
You can fix the weird spacing between words issue in case you are seeing those in your Google Docs document.
Final Thoughts
Voila!! it is so easy to double space in Google Docs on Desktop and mobile using the above information mentioned in this article. Thanks for reading this article !!!