
In order to decrease the space between words, you can either change the inter word space/stretch. More specifically, the following dimensions may be set for a font: To fix this, there are a few steps you can take. If you need the text to be sprawled out from a particular place, place the text box exactly where you want the text to start, and it will stay put no matter the word space values. The spacing between words in Microsoft Word is determined by the paragraph setting. Instead, the first word is used as an anchor for the text that follows.

Note: If youre using Word 2007 the tab is called Character Spacing. When the spacing between words is increased or decreased, the first word doesnt change its position. On the Home tab, click the Font Dialog Box Launcher, and then click the Advanced tab.
#HOW TO REDUCE THE SPACING BETWEEN WORDS IN WORD FULL#
Stefan Kottwitz' blog on Full justification with typewriter font covers all these in an example based on the Computer Modern Typewriter font ( \ttfamily, \texttt, etc.). Select the text that you want to stretch or compress. With the file opened, you need to select the text that is to be spaced properly.

There are a number of factors involved in font spacing, including inter word spacing, inter character spacing, inter word stretch, etc. If youre using paragraph styles in your document and want to incorporate the line spacing change in the paragraph style, drag past the last character in the. As you launch Word, you need to open the respective file that you wish to format.
