Put each line in a cell then adjust the row heights until they are as close as you need. Tables are the secret trick for all Word nerds. We usually settle for something in the 0.7 to 0.8 range to get the lines close together without clipping the tops of letters. Reduce the line spacing too much and the letters will be cut off. Try out various line spacing fractions until you get what you need. Set the Multiple line spacing value to less than one eg 0.7 To set less than 1 line space go to Paragraph | Line Spacing and choose ‘Multiple’ – yes ‘Multiple’. If those options don’t work, it’s time to break out the major nerd tricks. Just below those choices is “Don’t add space between paragraphs of the same style”.Ĭhecking that box will remove the before and after spacing, assuming both lines have the same style.
Don’t add space between paragraphs of the same style Maybe all you need to do is reduce one or both of those. Open the paragraph spacing dialog from the little button at bottom right of the Paragraph section of the ribbon.Ĭheck the Spacing, Before or After settings. Turn ‘Show all’ on (Home | Paragraph | Show All) to see both Paragraph marks (the reverse P or pilcrow, left) and line breaks (angled arrow, right). Paragraph Break vs Line BreakĪ simple way to reduce the line spacing is to switch from the usual Paragraph Break (pressing Enter) for a Line Break (Shift + Enter)Ī Line Break will usually make a smaller gap between two lines. Instead a few options to check and adjust until you get what you want. Selecting a line shows the amount of space Word has allocated above and below the line.
The left example has selected the top line. Here’s an example of standard line spacing (left) and very close spacing (right). It becomes useful when trying some design tricks for headings, for example the title in our Millennium poster. You can try it yourself.Reducing the line spacing or vertical gap between lines in Word paragraphs can be done in six different ways depending on the situationĪdjusting line spacing to put lines very close isn’t usually necessary for regular text. You can use the Line Spacing option available at the dialog box to set line spacing as we have seen in previous example. Finally, click the OK button to apply the changes. Similar way, click the After spinner to increase or decrease the space after the selected paragraph.
Step 2 − Click the Before spinner to increase or decrease the space before the selected paragraph. Step 1 − Select the paragraph or paragraphs for which you want to define spacing and click the Paragraph Dialog Box launcher available on the Home tab. Following are the simple steps to set this distance. You can also set distance between two paragraphs. You can select any of the option available by simply clicking over it. Step 2 − Click the Line and Paragraph Spacing Button triangle to display a list of options to adjust space between the lines. You can use any of the text selection method to select the paragraph(s).
Step 1 − Select the paragraph or paragraphs for which you want to define spacing. Spacing between Linesįollowing are the simple steps to adjust spacing between two lines of the document.
#HOW TO REDUCE SPACING BETWEEN LINES IN WORD 2016 HOW TO#
This chapter will explain how to set the distance between two lines as well as how to set the distance between two paragraphs. You can increase or decrease this distance as per your requirement by following a few simple steps. A line spacing is the distance between two lines in a Microsoft Word document. In this chapter, let us discuss how to set line spacing in Word 2010.
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