To fix line spacing between words in Word, open the Font dialog box and navigate to Advanced. Here, select Expanded under Spacing, and specify the space in the By box.

In Word 2003 and earlier, the line-spacing settings were tucked away inside a formatting menu. But if you use Word 2007 or 2010, you’ll be pleasantly surprised to find a line-spacing control ...

The easiest way to adjust line spacing in Word is to mouse-select the target text (or press CTRL+A to . select ALL text) followed by . pressing CTRL while simultaneously pressing 1 or 2 or 5.

Line spacing is the distance between lines. In earlier versions of Word, the default line spacing distance is "1.0," or single-spacing, which stacks lines closely together with minimal space between.