Extra space in Microsoft Word is one of the more frustrating things you can encounter. You now have TWO paragraphs, not just one. While this approach works in a crude way, you lose control over how much space follows each paragraph. How much space to add before the paragraph starts 'After': How much space to add after the.

I have a title line sentence (1-line paragraph) 'Chapter 2: Literature Review' that needs to have a 72 pt paragraph spacing before the line. The line starts on a new page following a page break from the end of Chapter 1. The paragraph is Normal style: double spaced, no indent, 0 before spacing, 0 after spacing. When I try to add the 72 pt spacing before, the paragraph spacing dialog shows a 72 pt value in the before space box, but the paragraph is still glued to the top of the page. How can I get this first chapter title to move down with 72 pt space before? Should I just create a new style? I can't figure out what's holding it at the top of the page.

A good media player for windows. Without having access to your document, it is hard to tell if this answer will work for you. I suspect that the problem is you might have the 'Don't add space to paragraphs of the same style' selected. Right click your paragraph, select 'Paragraph'. Under the 'Indents and Spacing' tab, deselect 'Don't add space to paragraphs of the same style'. If this does not work, check the options within the 'Lines ans Page Break' tab in the 'Paragraph' window, and deselect unnecessary options.

If it still is not working, repeat both of these steps for the paragraphs above and below the paragraph you are working on.

Updated: by Computer Hope The steps to enable double spacing in differ slightly between versions. Consequently, you may need to use some intuition to adapt them for older versions. To proceed, decide which situation applies to you, then follow the steps in that section. Enable double spacing for the whole document Microsoft Word 2016 (Office 365) • Open Microsoft Word.

• On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click the Line and Paragraph Spacing icon. • Select the desired spacing option from the available list. • For additional spacing options, select Line Spacing Options in the list. Microsoft Word 2007, 2010, and 2013 • Open Microsoft Word. • On the Home tab, in the Styles group, right-click Normal. • Select Modify from the.

• Under Formatting, click the Double Space button (shown below). Or • Open Microsoft Word. • Click the Page Layout tab. • Click the down arrow in the bottom right corner next to Paragraph to bring up the Paragraph window. • In the Paragraph window, make sure you are on the Indents and Spacing tab.

• Click the down arrow next to the Line spacing box. • Select Double and click the OK button. Modify line spacing for all or part of an existing document Microsoft Word 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2016 • Open Microsoft Word and the document you want to modify. • the text you want to have double spaced. • the highlighted text and click Format and then Paragraph, or only Paragraph depending on your version of Word.

• In the Paragraph window, make sure you are on the Indents and Spacing tab. • Click the down arrow in the Line spacing drop-down box. • Select Double and click the OK button.