Getting Line and Paragraph Spacing Just Right in Your Document

Line and paragraph spacing can make a lot of difference to the look of a document, yet it's often overlooked. In this post, I share some really simple tips on spacing and how to get it right.

The standard spacing strategy is to use a decreasing amount of space as you move down the document.

The space between the title block and the text that follows should be the greatest: that sets the title apart from the rest of the document. The space between a section heading and the body text that follows it should be more than the space between the lines of text that after the heading. Following this simple spacing rule will make the document easy for your readers to follow.