How do I adjust the spacing between paragraphs in Word 2002

This step-by-step article describes how to adjust paragraph spacing in a Word 2002 document. You can adjust the spacing that will appear before and after paragraphs. Adjusting spacing between paragraphs creates the appearance and style of a specific document and can improve the readability of the document. In Word, you can adjust the spacing between paragraphs to produce typesetting results that provide more control in the process where you have the task of adjusting your document.

Adjust paragraph spacing

To adjust the spacing before or after a paragraph, follow these steps:

Select the paragraph for which you want to adjust spacing.

On the Format menu, click the paragraph in the Open Paragraph dialog box.

One or two of the following actions performed on the Indentation and Spacing tabs:

Under Spacing, change the spacing before the paragraph you want in the previous box.

In the spacing, the bottom box is changed to the spacing after the paragraph you want.

Click OK to close the Paragraph dialog box.