How To Double Space In Google Docs?

Word spacing is important in Google Docs, and can make your document easier to read. You don’t need a degree in English to properly space your documents, but you will need to know how to double space in Google Docs - it’s not as easy as you may think. Here I am going to show you two ways for how to double space in Google Docs.

Google Docs is a Web-based application by Google that allows users to create, edit, import, and update documents and spreadsheets. Files are stored online and can also be downloaded to the users’ devices. For collaborative work, users need a computer or a mobile device with an internet connection to access the files that they can view, edit, or download. Users can choose what type of access other people can have on their documents. Users can also see who gained access and at what time certain edits were made. Fortunately, Google Docs has no problem connecting with most word processors and presentation software applications. Best of all, Google Docs is free.

Documents and spreadsheets can be made in different fonts and file formats in Google docs, and it is even possible to insert tables and photos. Google Docs’ default is at a line spacing of 1.15, which is already suitable for readers’ eyes in most cases. But there are situations wherein users might want to change the line spacing, especially to make room for edits. In academic or technical writing, for example, a common line spacing format asked by managers and professors is “double-spaced”.

So, what is a double-spaced text? When texts are in this format, there is a full blank line between each row of a text.

There are two easy ways to set up a double-spaced text on Google Docs.

• The Menu Bar Method
• The Toolbar Method

Option 1).  The Menu Bar Method

For users who are just starting with Google Docs, this option might be easier to follow.

1. On the Menu Bar of the Google document, hover over “Format” and click it.
2. From the drop-down menu, click “Line spacing”.
3. Select “Double”.
   
4. This will set the line spacing of the entire document as a double space. However, if only certain parts should be in double space, highlight these parts, and follow the steps listed above.
5. If the instructions for line spacing was suddenly changed to double space and all the text had been typed, highlight the entire document using the mouse or trackpad, or use the shortcut Ctrl + A (Windows) or Command + A (macOS).
6. And that’s it! Done!

Option 2).  The Toolbar Method

This method is for users who might have been more familiar with the icons on Google Docs.

1. On the toolbar, click on the “Line spacing” icon.
   
2. From the drop-down menu, select “Double”.
   
3. As with the first method, this will set the line spacing of the entire document as double space. If certain parts of the documents should be double-spaced, highlight only these points and follow the steps stated above.
4. If there was a change in the line spacing instructions from default to double space after all the text had been typed, highlight the entire document using the mouse or trackpad, or use the shortcut Ctrl + A (Windows) or Command + A (macOS).
5. Done!

Google Docs has been consistent as one of the best tools for document creating, editing, and sharing. It is a good thing that it is a fully equipped word processor that has its own formatting functions so that users can customize their documents in the way they like. Options to change the margin, column, line spacing, and many more are easily available.

The two options listed in this article have easy to follow steps in changing the line spacing of Google Docs from the default setting to double space. From following these, users can easily customize their Google Docs documents to how they see fit.

Summary: Double space in Google Docs

• Open Google Docs.
• Select the text you want to double space.
• Click Format.
• Click Line Spacing.
• Select Double.