PowerPoint 2007
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Indentation and Line Spacing
Line spacing
In addition to indentation, you can control line spacing. Line spacing is the spacing between sentences and paragraphs in a text box. You can modify line spacing to fit more text onto a slide or to add spacing to specific lines to draw attention to a part of the slide.
To change line spacing using default options:
- Select the lines you want to modify.
- Select the Home tab.
- Click the Line Spacing command in the Paragraph group. A menu will appear. The menu option with a check mark indicates the line spacing for selected lines.
![Line Spacing](img/pp07_linespacing.gif)
- Select an option from the menu to change the line spacing of the selected lines.
To enter specific line spacing measurements:
- Select the lines you want to modify.
- Select the Home tab.
- Click the Line Spacing command in the Paragraph group. A menu will appear.
- Select Line Spacing Options. The Paragraph dialog box will appear.
![Line Spacing Options](img/pp07_linespacingoptions.gif)
- Locate the Spacing section. Use the Line Spacing drop-down menu to:
- Select one of the default measurements such as 1, 1.5, and 2.
![Line Spacing Options in Dialog Box](img/pp07_paragraphdb_line.gif)
- Select Multiple. Enter a number greater than or equal to 3.
![Multiple Line Spacing Options](img/pp07_multiple.gif)
- Select Exactly. Enter spacing points in the appropriate field. This is especially useful if you format lines with spacing less than single space.
![Exact Line Spacing Options](img/pp07_exactly.gif)
- Click OK.
To change the line spacing before or after a line:
- Place the cursor where you want to modify the spacing. In this example, we will increase the spacing after the word Mail.
![After Spacing Example](img/pp07_afterexample.gif)
- Select the Home tab.
- Click the Line Spacing command in the Paragraph group. A menu will appear.
- Select Line Spacing Options. The Paragraph dialog box will appear.
- Locate the Spacing section.
- Use the arrows in the Before and After fields to increase or decrease the spacing.
- The Before option changes the line spacing in the area above the selected text or paragraph.
- The After option changes the line spacing in the area below the selected text or paragraph.
![After Spacing in Dialog Box](img/pp07_afterexample2.gif)
- Click OK. The change in spacing will appear on the slide.
![Example](img/pp07_spacingafter.gif)