It really depends on the recipient.
But during my career the most used were single or 1,5 line spacing.
If you need to know how to space in MS Word, click on the related link bellow.
Another Answer
It's a good idea to review the style guide in use by the publisher, professor, reader, reviewer to determine many format criteria for your document.
Originally, a typesetter trained to set type knew -- depending on the type face -- how long to make a line (how wide to set the margins), how much white space to leave between lines (the spacing question, above), all based on the parameters recommended for the human eye to be able to finish one line of text and immediately find the beginning of the next line.
To mimic this skill, set your font size, margins and line spacing on the page so that your document is easy to read. Be consistent about where you place page numbers, foot notes and so forth.
For example, single spaced, Times Roman font set at 8 points with half-inch margins left and right might allow you to cram more text onto a page, but this setup is not easy to read.
Yes, MLA format typically requires double spacing in the document.
Character spacing determines the vertical space of any character in the document.
Word 2007 - Line spacing
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You highlight everything that you have typed and you right click on it and a drop down menu will appear. Click on "paragraph" on the menu and at the bottom of the new pop-up there is a section that says " line spacing" and after you click on it then you may pick from many different options such as double space.
Answer by Semen: Yes, footnotes are single spaced by default regardless of the line spacing of the document text.
line spacing is used in a computer text document (such as Word). it is the space between each line of text examples: 1.5, double spaceing, single spacing.
line spacing is used in a computer text document (such as Word). it is the space between each line of text examples: 1.5, double spaceing, single spacing.
you highlight you document then you go to line spacing on the toolbar
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Line spacing