How to Double Space in Word
method 1 Paragraph Spacing
Click the Design tab that at the top of Word.
Click Paragraph Spacing. A menu of spacing options will expand.
Click Double. The entire document is now double-spaced.
To double-space a specific area of text, highlight the text, click the Line and Paragraph Spacing button on the Home tab (4 horizontal lines with two blue arrows), then select 2.0.
method 2 Paragraph
In the Home tab, look for the Paragraph section. Click the Line Spacing button to open the Line Spacing dropdown menu. The button has 4 small lines with an arrow pointing both up and down. From this menu, you can select common line spacing options.