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.

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 ...

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: ...

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