3 Ways to Double Space in Google Docs

2025 Author: Jason Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:04

This wikiHow teaches you how to add double spaces to a document in Google Docs, either through your desktop browser or the Google Docs mobile app.

Step

Method 1 of 3: Via Desktop Site

Step 1. Open the desired document at

Step 2. Mark the text you want to add double space to

Click the button " Edit ” in the menu bar at the top of the browser window, and select “ Select all ” to mark the entire document.

Step 3. Click Format on the menu bar

Step 4. Click Line spacing on the drop-down menu

Alternatively, click the button “ Line Spacing ” in the toolbar at the top of the document. This button is an icon of horizontal stripes next to the up and down arrows.

Step 5. Double Click

Marked text is now double-spaced.

Although each paragraph may have different spacing, all lines in a paragraph will have the same line spacing

Method 2 of 3: On Google Docs Mobile App

Step 1. Open the Google Docs app

This application is marked by a white icon with blue paper showing a white line.

Step 2. Open the document you want to add double spacing to

Step 3. Touch the edit button

It's a blue circle button with a white pencil icon in the lower-right corner of the screen.

Step 4. Mark the text you want to add double space to

Use your finger or the arrow keys on your device's keyboard to select text.

Touch and hold the text long enough, then select “ Select all ” to select all the text in the document.

Step 5. Touch the editing menu

This menu is indicated by the letter icon “ A ” with horizontal lines in the upper right corner of the screen.

Step 6. Touch the PARAGRAPH tab at the top of the menu

Step 7. Set the line spacing to a value of 2.00

Touch button

or

on one side of the number to increase or decrease the value to 2.00.

Step 8. Touch any part of the document

Marked text is now double-spaced.

Even though each paragraph is spaced differently, all lines in a paragraph will have the same line spacing

Method 3 of 3: Setting Double Spacing as Primary Spacing on New Document

Step 1. Open the document at

You need to open this document through a desktop browser.

Step 2. Mark the sections of text that have double spaces

Step 3. Click Normal text on the toolbar

It's at the top of the document.

Step 4. Click the arrow next to the Normal text option

Step 5. Touch Update 'Normal text' to match

Now, double spacing will automatically be applied to any new documents you create.