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LinE  Spacing

"Line Spacing refers to the number of blank spaces between lines of type. The most common line spacings are single-spaced and double-spaced, but the line spacing in a word processor can be set to almost any amount of line spacing." (Source)

Sometimes, you will be required to use double spacing when you write a paper. This allows comments and corrections to be written in the spaces between each line. Double spacing is like having a blank line between every line of text in your paragraph.

In the example below, the paragraph of text is single spaced. That means there is no blank line between the lines of text in your paragraph:
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To double space your paragraph, highlight your entire hobby paragraph by clicking right before the beginning word and drag a highlight over all of the words in your paragraph. Click on Format > Line Spacing and then select Double. 
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Once you have selected to double space a paragraph, your text will now look like this:
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Last Updated 12/2016

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