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Change spacing or alignment

Adjust the line spacing between text or paragraphs

Article Change the amount of space that appears between lines and paragraphs in Word 2007.

Align text left or right, center text, or justify text on a page

Article Horizontal alignment determines the appearance and orientation of the edges of the paragraph: left-aligned text, right-aligned text, centered text, or justified...

Center the text on a page

Article You can center the text between the side margins and between the top and bottom margins on a page. Centering the text horizontally and vertically on a page...

Change the spaces between text

Article You can change the spacing between characters of text for selected text or for particular characters. In addition, you can stretch or compress an entire...

Change the vertical alignment of text on a page

Article Vertical alignment determines the position of the text within a section of a document relative to the top and bottom margins. Vertical alignment is often...

Double-space the lines in a document

Article In Word 2007, double-space all lines or just selected text in a document.

Indent paragraphs

Article Indentation determines the distance of the paragraph from either the left or the right margin. Within the margins, you can increase or decrease the indentation...

Make my document look like a Word 2003 document

Article The default template settings for creating new documents were updated in Word 2007, but you might prefer to create documents that look exactly like those...

Single-space the lines in a document

Article Learn how to adjust the single-spacing settings of both lines and paragraphs in Word 2007.

Why did the line spacing change in Word?

Article Because many Word users press ENTER twice after every paragraph, the Word 2007 default settings build in that extra space.

Wrap text in Word 2007

Article Wrap text around a picture or a shape.