You can use the toolbar at the top of a document to:
- Edit and format the text and paragraph spacing
- Change the font and background color
- Bold, italicize, underline, or strikethrough text
Format paragraphs
Change paragraph spacing
- On your Android phone or tablet, open a document in the Google Docs app.
- Tap Edit .
- Double-tap the place in your document you want to edit.
- Tap Format .
- Next to "Line spacing," tap - or + to choose the amount of space 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 you want to edit. Move the blue markers to select more text.
- Tap Format .
- Choose an alignment option.
Format fonts
Bold, italicize, 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 you want to edit. Move the blue markers to select more text.
- Tap Format .
- Choose a format option.
Change font style, size, or color
- On your Android phone or tablet, open a document in the Google Docs app.
- Tap Edit .
- Double-tap the place in your document you want to edit. Move the blue markers to select more text.
- Tap Format .
- In the Text selection, tap Style, Font, Size, Text color, or Highlight color to format your font.