You can use the buttons in the toolbar at the top of a document to:
- Edit and format the text and paragraph spacing
- Change the font and background colour
- Bold, italicise, underline or strikethrough text
These options are also available in the Format menu. To open the Format menu, use the keyboard shortcut:
- Windows and ChromeOS: Alt + Shift + o
- Mac OS: Control + Option + o
Tip: Many of these actions have keyboard shortcuts that can be used without the toolbar or menus. Take note of the shortcuts presented with the menu options that you use frequently to work more efficiently.
Format paragraphs
Change paragraph spacing
- On your Android phone or tablet, open a document in the Google Docs app.
- Tap Edit
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- Double-tap the place in your document that you want to edit.
- Tap Format
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- Next to 'Line spacing', tap - or + to choose the amount of space that you want between the lines in the paragraph.
Change paragraph alignment
- On your Android phone or tablet, open a document in the Google Docs app.
- Tap Edit
- Double-tap the place in your document that you want to edit. Move the blue markers to select more text.
- Tap Format
- Choose an alignment option.
Format fonts
Bold, italicise or underline text
- On your Android phone or tablet, open a document in the Google Docs app.
- Tap Edit
- Double-tap the place in your document that you want to edit. Move the blue markers to select more text.
- Tap Format
- Choose a format option.
Change font style, size or colour
- On your Android phone or tablet, open a document in the Google Docs app.
- Tap Edit
- Double-tap the place in your document that you want to edit. Move the blue markers to select more text.
- Tap Format
- In the Text selection, tap Style, Font, Size, Text colour or Highlight colour to format your font.