Line Spacing

The default line spacing in Author Jr. is single-spacing. To change the spacing for portions of your document:

1. Select the text you want to change. If no text is selected, the paragraph formatting will be applied to the text that you type thereafter.

2. Go to the Format menu.

3. Select Paragraph. A Paragraph format option menu will open.

4. Make the Line Spacing selection you would like.

• You can choose Single line, One and a half lines, or Two lines.

• If you click in inches then line spacing will be specified in inches

• You can enter an exact decimal number of lines of spacing you would like to have in the Free box.

• If you enter a decimal in the Free box, make sure to use a '0' before the decimal point, eg, 0.6 for 6/10's of a line spacing (don't just put '.6')

• You can also enter an exact decimal number for the number of inches (eg, 0.3 inch or 0.5 inch, etc) of line spacing to specify (if the in inches box is checked off)

5. You can make other paragraph changes (such as indents and distances to the next line of text) in this window as well.

6. When you are finished, click OK.

Hint: To quickly double-space your text (i.e., so that there is a blank line between each line of text), go to the Format menu and check off Double Line Space. If you would like to go back to single-spacing, simply un-check Double Line Space. If you are in Easy Mode, you can also turn double-spacing on and off by clicking the Double Space button (shown below).

See Also:

Setting Text Alignment