How to Adjust Letter Spacing in Microsoft Word (PC & Mac)

Learn how to adjust the space between letters in Microsoft Word. Letter spacing can be increased or decreased for style purposes or space limitations.
This tutorial features Word for Microsoft 365. These steps also apply to Word 2019, Word 2016, Word 2013, and Word for Mac.
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:48 How to Adjust Letter Spacing
3:10 Conclusion
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How to Adjust Letter Spacing in Microsoft Word (PC & Mac)
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All the steps shown here also appear on my blog at erinwrightwriting.com/adjust-letter-spacing-in-microsoft-word/. Thank you for watching!

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No one but no one does it the way you do it, Erin. Thank you for showing how to do this.

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Thank you, very helpful!

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[@KingPeezy14]

Thank you so much. Literally every other video said to click some drop-down menu that I didn’t have on Mac and it was taking so long to complete this assignment

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I am so glad you found the information you needed. I wish you all the best with your assignment!

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Thank you Miss Erin you video tutorial helps me to finish my document. God bless you.

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Thank you for watching! I wish you all the best with your document!

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Thank you for your help ❤

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I am glad to help! Thank you for watching!

[@BezalyFan1]

Thanks a lot! You just solved my problem. I was placing text I had converted from handwritten to typed text on my tablet before into my thesis and it looked weird. Didn't realize the letter spacing had automatically been set up to "expanded"😃 Now it finally looks normal👍🏻

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I'm so glad you found the information you needed! I wish you all the best with your thesis!

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Thank you Erin! 😍

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Thank you very much indeed!

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So helpful!! Thank you

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Thanks for sharing Miss Erin, You great

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Thank you. You solved my problem.

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I am glad to hear that! Thank you for watching!

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If you wrote a book on MS Word it would sell BIG time, Erin.

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That is very kind of you to say! Thank you for watching!

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Your amazing!!!

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Thank you so much!

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Thank you for watching!

[@theultimatephilosophy9578]

Helpful video thanks. But the audio is annoying.

[@SaifBagsVideos]

Do you know how to do it on the word app on the ipad?

[@erinwrightwriting]

Great question! Unfortunately, I don't believe any of the mobile versions of Word offer a way to adjust spacing beyond line spacing.

[@SaifBagsVideos]

@@erinwrightwriting ah okay! Thank you anyways for replying so quick! :)

[@gabrielledesma597]

Can you do it on the first word?

[@erinwrightwriting]

Yes, you can do it on the first word in a document. Thank you for watching!

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[@inannibras391]

Not working still very much spaced out

[@erinwrightwriting]

I am sorry to hear about that. You may want to ensure your text isn't in the Justified alignment, which will cause a lot of extra space.

[@Movie12-h5b]

Rejected by words spelling English dictionary natural to voice tone

[@finnglazzy]

Help nothing happened

[@erinwrightwriting]

Thank you for watching! I am sorry to hear you are having issues with your spacing. Unfortunately I can't be sure what is causing the problem. Could the document be saved as Read Only, perhaps?

[@cardinalnest6272]

That does not work!

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Thanks. You didn’t solve the problem. Clickbait!