Text is Single-Spaced Instead of Double-Spaced

APA, MLA, and Turabian papers are required to be double-spaced throughout, so PERRLA formats them this way by default.

There may be times when text in your paper appears single-spaced. This typically happens when text is copied from a website or another document where it was single-spaced – that formatting (along with other unwanted formatting like font styles and sizes) gets pasted in along with the text.

This is a quick fix:

1. Highlight the affected paragraph. 
2. Click Text & Heading Style in the PERRLA ribbon. 
3. Click Paragraph. 

This will apply the correct APA, MLA, or Turabian formatting – including proper double-spacing – back to your paragraph.

To prevent this from happening, paste text as plain text rather than formatted text. This keeps unwanted formatting from overwriting your paper's styles and is a good habit when working with any document, not just PERRLA papers.

Learn how to copy and paste plain text without formatting.