Hi Christina, If you are using TextEdit in rich text mode, and you just want to set the line spacing to double space, the easy way to do this is to VO-Left arrow (left arrow, if you have Quick Nav on) from the scroll area for the text, to the pop up menu buttons in the title bar. You'll first hear VoiceOver say "list style, menu button", then when you VO-Left again, "1.0, line spacing, pop up button". Press the pop up button for line spacing (VO-space) and set the line spacing to 2.0.
The different arguments in the spacing dialog window that you access from the format menu allow you more options. You can either set a fixed line spacing in points, or scale it to be a multiple of the current line height. The difference shows up when you use multiple font sizes in your document, so that the line height can change according to the largest font you use in a line. If you aren't going to change fonts in the middle of a line or paragraph, you would just set the line height multiple to "2.0" in that format menu. Alternatively, if your default font type is 12 points high, but sometimes you include a word in 14 point type for emphasis, you might set your interline spacing to be 24 points for double spacing in that dialog window, and leave the other arguments alone. You can also set a different spacing between paragraphs in the dialog. Also, if you save your settings as a new custom style, under the "paragraph style" menu button, I believe that your spacing, font, and other choices will get set whenever you create a new document and select that style. So you could create a style that you named "double spacing", for example. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Jun 21, 2012, at 11:02 AM, Christina wrote: > I don't get how to "double space" in text edit. I found the spacing option > under the format menu. However, I do not understand what to put in what > field once the spacing dialog opens up. I honestly do not understand the > options. > > Thanks, > Christina C. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
