Karen Binns asked how to change Microsoft Word’s default font to something other than “12 pt. Times New Roman.”In Word 2007-2010 click on the tiny down-arrow at the far right of the “Font ...

Word’s default tabs are set at half-inch intervals, but that won’t always be the most efficient setting. Fortunately, you can change the default tab stop for the current document, as follows: ...

Line spacing is the distance between lines. In earlier versions of Word, the default line spacing distance is "1.0," or single-spacing, which stacks lines closely together with minimal space between.

Follow these steps to change the spacing between words or letters in Word: 1] Changing Word Spacing Select the text you want to change and click the Font dialog box launcher in the Home tab.