In this article, we will demonstrate you with 5 ways to not over Stretch the last line of a justified paragraph in your Word document.
While align texts in Word document, justification is one of the most preferred options. However, when we justify a paragraph, there may be too much space between words at the last line, especially while it’s a short sentence. See the picture shot bellow:
This is an annoying issue which will make our document formatting unprofessional. Here we list 2 situations you will probably run into and their solutions as well.
Case 1: When full justification is applied
Generally, when we want to justify a paragraph, we click “Justify” command under “Home” tab. Or press “Ctrl+ J” instead. The full justification means we press “Ctrl+ Shift+ J”. The problem is the last line will be over stretched as shown above. So we must think of solutions to fix it.
Method 1: Apply Justification instead of Full Justification
If you are sure you’ve used full justification, select the paragraph and press “Ctrl+ J” shall address the issue.
Method 2: Use “Tab” Key
- Firstly, put your insertion pointer at the end of the last line.
- Then press “Tab” until the text goes to the left head and the word space is normal.
Check the video bellow:
Method 3: Add a Punctuation Mark in the Same Color as Background
- First off, click the button in “Paragraph” group under “Home” tab to reveal all hidden marks.
- Then put cursor right at the punctuation mark of the last line and add another punctuation mark.
- Then press left arrow key to position the insertion pointer between the 2 punctuation marks.
- Next press space bar to add spaces until word space turns normal.
- Select all the added spaces and the punctuation mark.
- Then press “Ctrl+ D” to open “Font” dialog box. Set the font color as same as that of the background and click “OK”.
You can view the bellowing demonstration:
Case 2: When there is a manual line break
A manual line break means you insert a line break by pressing “Shift+ Enter”. It looks like this:
Method 1: Change Layout Options
- First, click “File” then click “Options” to open “Word Options” dialog box.
- Next click “Advanced” and scroll down to the bottom of the box.
- Click “Layout Options” to bring out more choices.
- Check the “Don’t expand character spaces on a line that ends with SHIFT-RETURN” box and click “OK”.
Method 2: Replace Line Break Mark with Paragraph Mark
For a single instance, select the line break mark and press “Enter”. Then the alignment of the line shall become all right.
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Method 1 works perfectly. Thank you so much, it was so depressing!
Elaine says:
Much thanks! Method 2 worked well for me & I am grateful for your help. God bless!
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Method 2 worked in Illustrator. Just press one tab at the end and it will make last line normal, no matter the blank space at the end. Big Thanks!
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THANK YOU SO MUCH!! This has been such a headache! I’m Swedish and haven’t found the solution in any Swedish forums, so thank you so much for this!
Great 3 works with WPS but each paragraph needs to be hand done!
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