If you need additional space, this article explains how to double space instead.

In theFormatmenu hover your cursor overLine & Paragraph Spacingand then chooseDouble.

It involves using the Formatting toolbar at the top of the page.

The Format menu in Google Docs.

you’re able to also highlight existing text to change it to double spaced format if you like.

Click theLine Spacingicon in the formatting toolbar.

ChooseDoublefrom the spacing menu that appears.

The double line spacing option on the Format menu in Google Docs.

Line spacing also behaves differently, but it’s still not difficult to change.

You only have four options for line spacing when working with documents on a mobile rig.

They are1,1.15,1.5, and2.

The line spacing option on the formatting toolbar in Google Docs.

You cannot apply custom formatting using a mobile gadget.

Select theFormaticon at the top of the next page.

This will change the line spacing for the paragraph where your cursor is.

The double spacing option on the line spacing menu in Google Docs.

To change another paragraph, you’ll need to repeat the process.

You’re first met with quick line spacing options forSingle,1.15,1.5, andDouble.

This automatically adds space at the beginning or end (or both) of paragraphs on a hard return.

Screenshots showing how to find line spacing options in Google Docs on a mobile device.

you might choose toKeep with next,Keep lines together, orPrevent single lines.

Probably the greatest of those reasons is to have extra space for editing.