MS Word has a fairly large selection of styles for document design, there are many fonts, in addition, various formatting styles and the ability to align text are available. Thanks to all these tools you can improve your quality appearance text. However, sometimes even such a wide selection of funds seems insufficient.
We have already written about how to align text in MS Word documents, increase or decrease indents, change line spacing, and in this article we will talk about how to create greater distances between words in Word, that is, roughly speaking, how to increase the length space. In addition, if necessary, you can also reduce the distance between words using a similar method.
The need to make the distance between words larger or smaller than what is done by the program by default does not arise very often. However, in cases where this still needs to be done (for example, to clearly highlight some fragment of text or, conversely, to move it to the “background”), not the most correct ideas come to mind.
So, to increase the distance, someone puts two or more spaces instead of one, someone uses the TAB key to indent, thereby creating a problem in the document that is not so easy to get rid of. If we talk about reduced spaces, a suitable solution is not even close to obvious.
The size (value) of the space, which indicates the distance between words, is standard, and it increases or decreases only with changing the font size up or down, respectively.
However, few people know that MS Word has a long (double) space character, a short space character, as well as a quarter space character (¼), which can be used to increase or decrease the distance between words. They are located in the “Special Signs” section, which we previously wrote about.
So, the only correct decision that can be made if it is necessary to increase or decrease the distance between words is to replace regular spaces with long or short spaces, as well as ¼ space. We will tell you how to do this below.
Add a long or short space
1. Click on an empty space (preferably an empty line) in the document to place the cursor there.
2. Open a tab "Insert" and in the menu buttons "Symbol" select item “Other symbols”.
3. Go to the tab “Special signs” and find there “Long space”, “Short Space” or “¼ space”, depending on what you need to add to the document.
4. Click on this special symbol and press the button "Insert".
5. A long (short or quarter) space will be inserted into an empty space in the document. Close the window "Symbol".
Replace regular spaces with double spaces
As you probably understand, manually replacing all regular spaces with long or short spaces in the text or a separate fragment of it does not make the slightest sense. Fortunately, instead of the lengthy “copy-paste” process, this can be done using the “Replace” tool, which we previously wrote about.
1. Select the added long (short) space with the mouse and copy it ( CTRL+C). Make sure you copied one character and that there were no spaces or indents previously on that line.
2. Select all text in the document ( CTRL+A) or use the mouse to select a piece of text in which standard spaces need to be replaced with long or short ones.
3. Click the button "Replace", which is located in the group "Editing" in the tab "Home".
4. In the dialog box that opens “Find and Replace” in line "Find" put a regular space, and in the line "Replaced by" paste the previously copied space ( CTRL+V), which was added from the window "Symbol".
5. Click the button “Replace all”, then wait for a message about the number of replacements completed.
6. Close the notification, close the dialog box “Find and Replace”. All normal spaces in the text or selection you made will be replaced with large or small spaces, depending on what you needed to do. If necessary, repeat the above steps for another piece of text.
Note: Visually, with an average font size (11, 12), short spaces and even ¼-spaces are almost impossible to distinguish from standard spaces that are set using a key on the keyboard.
We could have finished here already, if not for one “but”: in addition to increasing or decreasing the spacing between words in Word, you can also change the distance between letters, making it smaller or larger compared to the default values. How to do it? Just follow these steps:
1. Select a piece of text in which you need to increase or decrease the space between letters in words.
2. Open the group dialog box "Font" by clicking on the arrow in the lower right corner of the group. You can also use the keys “CTRL+D”.
3. Go to the tab "Additionally".
4. In the section “Character spacing” in the menu item "Interval" select “Sparse” or “Compacted”(increased or decreased, respectively), and in the line on the right ( "On the") set the required value for indents between letters.
5. Once you have set the required values, click "OK" to close the window "Font".
6. The spacing between letters will change, which, paired with long spaces between words, will look quite appropriate.
But in the case of reducing the indents between words (the second paragraph of text in the screenshot), everything didn’t look the best, the text turned out to be unreadable and merged, so I had to increase the font from 12 to 16.
That's all, from this article you learned how to change the distance between words in a MS Word document. Good luck in exploring other possibilities of this multifunctional program, with detailed instructions for working with which we will delight you in the future.
The force of mutual attraction is the force with which bodies of any mass located at a certain distance from each other are attracted to each other.
The force of mutual attraction, like all forces, is denoted by the letter “F” and can be calculated as follows: F = G * m 1 * m 2 / r 2, where:
- G is the gravitational constant. G = 6.67 * 10 -11 (measured in: m3 * kg -1 * s -2).
- m 1 - mass of the first body, measured in kg.
- m 2 is the mass of the second body, measured in kg.
- r 2 - the distance between the centers of two bodies (between bodies), measured in m 2.
How will the force of mutual attraction between two bodies change if the distance between them is doubled?
We know the formula: F = G * m 1 * m 2 / r 2, if we increase r by 2 times, then r 2 will increase by 2 * 2 times, that is, r 2 will increase by 4 times. Since r 2 is in the denominator of the fraction, the denominator of the fraction will increase by 4 times. According to the rule of mathematics: if the denominator of a fraction increases by a certain number of times, then the fraction will decrease by the same number of times. This means that in our case the fraction will decrease by 4 times (since not a single variable except r changes). Consequently, F will decrease by 4 times.
Answer: if the distance between two bodies is increased by 2 times, then the force of mutual attraction between these bodies will decrease by 4 times.
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Change the distance between paragraphs of text created using a tag
When using the tag Indents are automatically added above and below the text paragraph. This is done in order to visually separate one block of text from the next. It is clear that the default indentation values are not always satisfactory, so sometimes they have to be reduced or increased. To do this, you can use the universal property margin , it determines the indents on all sides of the paragraph or margin-top for the indent at the top and margin-bottom for the indent at the bottom (example 1). Example 1. Changing the indentation value of a paragraph HTML5 CSS 2.1 IE Cr Op Sa Fx
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The result of the example is shown in Fig. 1.
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In this example, different indents are applied at the top and bottom of the paragraph. This is especially important when there are images and subheadings in the text.
How to change line spacing and paragraph spacing in programs Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint, the first of which is text editor, and the second is a program for creating slides and presentations? The principle of changing line spacing in both programs is the same.So, you have typed the text, now your task is to format it. To change the line spacing, first select and highlight the section of text to which you want to apply the settings. If this is one specific paragraph, just place the cursor on it (for Office 2007 and 2013).
Option 1. Open the “Menu” tab, hover over the “Format” button, select the “Paragraph” item in the drop-down list, a dialog box will appear. Here, in the “Indents and Spacing” tab, there is the “Line Spacing” field, with a drop-down menu in which you can select the required type of spacing: single, one and a half, etc.
Option 2. Select the "Page Layout" tab, it already has a "Paragraph" field, click in the lower right corner of the field, the dialog box will appear again. You can also enter the exact numeric value of the required spacing. All in the same window, in the “Intervals” section there is a “Value” field. Enter the desired parameter there.
Option 3. Find a button on the toolbar at the top of the working window, when you hover over it, the hint “Change the spacing between lines” appears, click it, and adjust the setting in the drop-down list. It must be borne in mind that when choosing the type of spacing “single”, “double”, the actual distance between lines will depend on the selected font size.
Change spacing between paragraphs
If you need to change the spacing between paragraphs, then in the “Page Layout” field, you need to find the “Line Spacing” buttons, which look like an image of lines, to the left of which there are arrows directed at each other and in different directions. With their help, the interval “Before” and “After” of the paragraph you specify is formed; enter the data either manually or using the scroll buttons.Set the line spacing before you begin. If you want to create a document with one standard line spacing, set it first (to save time later). To change the line spacing, go to the Home or Page Layout tab.
Change the spacing on the Home tab. On the Home tab, find the Paragraph section. Here, click the Line Spacing icon to open the corresponding menu. The icon looks like four small horizontal lines with arrows pointing up and down. From this menu you can select general line spacing options.
- If you don't see the Line Spacing icon, it's likely because you don't have enough screen space on your device. You can change the spacing by clicking the downward-pointing arrow icon below the word Paragraph. The corresponding menu will open.
- In the Paragraph menu, you can adjust the line spacing using the "line spacing:" drop-down menu in the "Spacing" section.
Change the spacing on the Page Layout tab. On the Page Layout tab, click the downward-pointing arrow icon next to the word Paragraph. The corresponding menu will open. In the Paragraph menu, you can adjust the line spacing using the "line spacing:" drop-down menu in the "Spacing" section.
Change the spacing between paragraphs. In addition to changing the spacing between lines, you can change the spacing before and after each paragraph. On the Page Layout tab, look for Spacing in the Paragraph section.
- If you select Before, a space will be added before the start of each paragraph.
- If you select After, the space will be added each time you press Enter (to start a new paragraph).
Know your line spacing options. By default, line spacing is set to 1.15. If you want to set single spacing, you need to select 1 from the drop-down menu of the Line Spacing icon.
- “Exactly” allows you to set the exact distance between lines, measured in points (72 points in an inch).
- "Multiplier" allows you to set a larger interval, such as a triple interval.
Change the default interval. If you want to change the default interval (1.15), set the values you want and click the "Default" button. You will be prompted to confirm changes to the default values.
Change the spacing for certain parts of the text. To do this, select the text you want to change and then adjust the spacing as described above.
- You can change the spacing of the entire document by highlighting all the text. To quickly select all text, press Ctrl + A (PC) or ⌘ Command + A(Mac). This will not affect headers, footers or text fields. To change the spacing in them, you will need to select these sections separately.
Learn the keyboard shortcuts. If you frequently change line spacing, keyboard shortcuts can save you a lot of time. Use the following keyboard shortcuts to change line spacing:
- Select the text where you want to change the spacing.
- Press Ctrl + 2 (PC) or ⌘ Command + 2(Mac). As a result, you will get 2 (double) interval.
- Press Ctrl + 5 (PC) or ⌘ Command + 5(Mac). As a result, you get 1.5 (one and a half) interval.
- Press Ctrl + 1 (PC) or ⌘Command + 1(Mac). As a result, you will get 1 (single) interval.