As promised, here are a few tips to help double the length of any essay.
All of these statistics/instructions are for Microsoft Word 2007, but they apply equally well to older versions of Word or OpenOffice.
Replace All the Periods
Increase in size:42.9%
How to do it: Go to edit->replace and place a period (.) in both boxes. Highlight the period in the 'replace with' box, and click on 'more' in the lower-right hand corner. Then click format->font.
Under 'size,' increase the font-size significantly – I used 16 in this example.
Click OK, then hit 'replace all.'
Word can be a little unruly sometimes, making inexplicable changes, inserting text you didn't ask for, and hijacking your formatting. Here are some common stunts that Word tries to pull on unwary.
Increase the Paragraph Spacing
Increase in size:21.6%
How to do it: Higlight everything (edit->select all), right-click->Paragraph. Set 'Line Spacing' to multiple, and set it to something between 2 and 3 (or between 1 and 2 if it’s a single-spaced essay). I set it to 2.5 for this example.
The simplest way to make periods bigger in a word document is to manually increase their size. This can be done in any version of Word, as well as in any alternative word processor (OpenOffice, Google Docs, e.t.c.). How to make the font size larger on Microsoft Word. How to make the font size larger on Microsoft Word.
Change the Font Size
Increase in size:9.1%
How to do it: The font size is right next to the font face, at the top. After highlighting everything, increase it by up to a whole point – I set it a half-point larger (11.5) for this example.
Use a Different Font
Increase in size:9.1%
How to do it: Highlight everything, and just change the font from something other than the default, Calibri. I changed it to the old default, Times New Roman (12 pt font), for the 9.1% increase, but there are probably other similiar-looking fonts that will increase that even more.
Change the Margins
Increase in size:7.2%
How to do it: Go to Page Layout->Margins->Custom and increase the margins. They default to 1' all around – I changed it to 1.15' all around.
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Change the Character Spacing
Increase in size:7.1%
How to do it: Select everything (ctrl+a), then right-click->Font->Character Spacing. Change the spacing to something small (Half a point or less). I use 0.3pt
All effects put together:
Increase in size:114.5% (over double!)
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