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INFORMATION AND COMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY GYAMFI SERIES
It determines the amount of vertical spaces between lines of text in a paragraph. OR Line
spacing is the empty spaces between lines in a document.

Types of line spacing
1. Single line spacing: This is normally the default spacing between sentences.
They are used in letters.
2. Double line spacing: This is the type of line spacing normally employed in
manuscripts.
3. 1.5 line spacing.
4. At least
5. Exactly: when you use this type of line spacing you specify a fixed line spacing
that Microsoft word does not adjust.
6. Multiple line spacing: this line spacing increases or decreases by percentage that
user spaces out.
Note: Ask pupils to type double line spacing text.
CHANGING LINE SPACInG
1. Place your cursor anywhere in the paragraph of the text or select the
paragraph.
2. On the menu bar click format paragraph command to open paragraph
dialog box
3. Click the spacing text box to display the various line spacing types.
4. Select the line spacing type you want.
5. Click ok.
Bolding Text
1. Select or highlight the text you want to bold.
2. Click bold button B on the formatting tool bar or press Ctrl + B
Italicing text
1. Highlight the text.
I2. Click on italic button on the formatting tool bar.

SAVING FILE IN FOLDER
1. Click on File on the menu bar.
2. Click on Save As, to open Save As dialog box
3. Click on the folder you wish to save the file in.
4. Click open button to open the selected folder.
5. Click on save button or press enter key.

J.H.S TWO TERM 3
THE USE OF DRAWING TOOL BAR IN WORD PROCESSING
Drawing tool bar is the bar on which tools that can be used to do drawing in the word
processing document are found .It is usually located at the bottom of the word
processing document page.
To display the drawing toolbar
a)
1. Click view on the menu bar.
2. Move the mouse pointer to drawing from the sub-menu.

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