No matter what line of work you're in, knowing how to change the leading, or line spacing, of documents in Microsoft Word can be quite useful.

Older versions of Word buried line-spacing settings inside formatting menus, but in Word 2007 and 2010, they're hiding in plain sight.

Quickly change Line Spacing You can change the line spacing on a single paragraph, page, or the entire document in two easy keystrokes. Place your cursor anywhere on the target paragraphs, then press: ...

The default spacing in Microsoft Word for Mac 2011 is set to120 percent of the default font size. However, you can configure Word for Mac to set single spacing as the default for text in the ...

You can double space in Word for an entire document or selected paragraphs to increase the amount of space between your lines of text.