How to Change Indentation, Spacing and Line Spacing in Google Slides

Let’s start by explaining how to change the indentation. 

• Open your presentation in Google Slides
• Select the text you want to modify.
• Click Format > Align and indent. You’ll see two options:
  • Increase indent: This will make the text start more to the right.
  • Decrease indent: This will make the text start more to the left.

You can also modify indents by dragging the markers on the ruler. But first, you must make sure that the ruler is visible. To do so, just click View > Show ruler.

Once the ruler is visible: 

• Select the text you want to modify.
• You’ll see two markers, one for Left Indent and another for Right Indent. Click the one you want to adjust and drag it. The text will be modified accordingly. 
   

The line spacing indicates the amount of space there is between two lines of text. To adjust this: 

• Click Format > Line spacing.
• There are four options to choose from:
  • Single
  • 1.15
  • 1.5
  • Double

The bigger the line spacing, the more the lines are separated from each other. 

If none of the different values available suits you, you can enter your own custom value: 

• Format > Line spacing > Custom spacing.
• Type the value in the box under “Line spacing”.

To modify the amount of space before or after a paragraph, first, you need to click Format > Line spacing. Now you have two options at your disposal: 

• Add space before paragraph: This will add some space before the first line of the paragraph.
• Add space after paragraph: This will add some space after the last line of the paragraph.

Pro Tip: To remove the spacing, just click again on Format > Line spacing. Now, the option that you chose before will read “Remove space before paragraph” or “Remove space after paragraph”, depending on your previous choice.  

You can also enter your own value. Go to: 

• Format > Line spacing > Custom spacing.

Now enter the desired values in the “Before” and/or “After” boxes below “Paragraph spacing (pts)”. 

If you need more information on how to work with text in Google Slides, please refer to the How to Arrange and Align Objects in Google Slides tutorial or the How to Format the Text in Google Slides tutorial.