Click the "Home" tab in the top navigation ribbon, and then click "Line Spacing" in the Paragraph section. Click the "Single Space" icon to change the selected text to single space.

Older versions of Word buried line-spacing settings inside formatting menus, but in Word 2007 and 2010, they're hiding in plain sight.

There are two shortcuts for applying line spacing. Typically, most of us single space text when typing letters and documents. Before submitting a manuscript, I apply double space.

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You can also use keyboard shortcuts to set line spacing in WordPad. "Ctrl-1" sets single line spacing, "Ctrl-2" sets double line spacing, and "Ctrl-5" sets line space at a line and a half.