Anything over about 1.5pt puts the letters so far apart it’s hard for the eye to see them as a word instead of individual letters. The text below has been set to Condensed, 1pt, and you can see that anything closer than that would start to become unreadable. I have already tried going into paragraph settings and changing the spacing before and after to 0pt changing the line spacing to single and checking the 'Don't add space between paragraphs of the same style' box. Tip: If you want to change the spacing before or after the selected paragraphs, select Line Spacing Options at the bottom of the menu, and then select the arrows in the Before or After boxes. I have saved the document and tried restarting word and my computer. Our example using a 10pt spacing is extreme, but it gives you a good example of how character spacing can affect your text.īy contrast, you would need to use much smaller numbers to condense the text, mostly fractions of a point. Each bullet list is separated by a single line. Choose a small example before going into the Font | Advanced dialog because larger selections can’t fit in the preview box.Ĭlick OK, and the spacing of your selected text will change. a higher number for Condensed moves them closer together.ĭon’t worry about that too much though, as the preview at the bottom of the dialog will show you what difference your changes are making.increasing the number for Expanded puts the letters further apart,.This can be a little confusing, as the spinner move s in opposite directions depending on whether you have selected Expanded or Condensed.
Then in the By section, use the spinner or enter a value for how much you want to expand or condense by. On the Advanced tab, go to the Spacing dropdown and select Expanded or Condensed, depending on whether you want the letters further apart or closer together. G o to Home | Font and click the Font dialog launcher.First, create the table using the menus or key shortcuts. There is a video to accompany this guide at Simple, attractive text boxes in Google Docs - YouTube.
Google docs does not have the concept of a text box, but there is a fairly easy way to fake it using a single-cell table. To change the spacing between characters in Word, select the text you want to change, and either: Making text boxes in a google docs document.
Or compress text so more fits into limited space. It’s a handy trick for headings, it makes them look bigger without increasing the font size. Character Spacing | Spacing lets you stretch or compress text. Deep in the bowels of Word’s setting is a way to increase the spacing between letters.
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