How to Double Space on WordPad
Highlight the text that you want to double space., Press Ctrl+2.
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Highlight the text that you want to double space.
If you only want to double space one part of the document you can use the mouse to highlight specific text, or you can highlight the entire document by pressing Ctrl+A.
Whatever text is highlighted will be double spaced. -
Step 2: Press Ctrl+2.
This will set the highlighted text to double spaced.
In newer versions of WordPad, you can click the Line Spacing button in the Paragraph section of the toolbar and select “2” for double spaced.
You can switch back to single spacing by selecting the text that you want to change and pressing Ctrl+1.
You can switch to
1.5 line spacing by pressing Ctrl+5.
Detailed Guide
If you only want to double space one part of the document you can use the mouse to highlight specific text, or you can highlight the entire document by pressing Ctrl+A.
Whatever text is highlighted will be double spaced.
This will set the highlighted text to double spaced.
In newer versions of WordPad, you can click the Line Spacing button in the Paragraph section of the toolbar and select “2” for double spaced.
You can switch back to single spacing by selecting the text that you want to change and pressing Ctrl+1.
You can switch to
1.5 line spacing by pressing Ctrl+5.
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