The default line spacing set for all new documents is 1.15, but you may want to change it to double to make it easier to read, or for academic purposes, for example. This will create a full blank line between each row of the text.
How to Double Space on Google Docs via the Toolbar?
Highlight the text
Highlight the portion of the text that you want to apply double spacing to, or select the text on the entire document to apply double spacing to it.
If it is necessary to double-space the whole document, highlight from the very beginning to the end. By the way, you can choose a shortcut to highlight the whole document at once. Just press Ctrl + A (for Windows) or Command + A (for macOS).
Or highlight just the text fragment you need.
NB! If you haven't written anything in your Google document yet, but you already know that your writing should be double-spaced, feel free to skip the first step.
Go to Line & paragraph spacing in the toolbar and select Double from the drop-down list of options
How to Double Space on Google Docs via the Menu Bar?
Highlight the whole text or the text fragment that you need to apply double spacing to
You remember 2 options to do so: to drag your cursor manually or use the shortcut provided.
Go to Format(in the top toolbar), hover the mouse over Line & paragraph spacing, and choose Double
Ready! Now you know to double space on Google Docs just in a few clicks. We hope this guide will come in handy. Good luck!
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