User level: Level 1 (4 points)How do I change line spacing in Apple Notes? I am working on my MBP, and I want to increase the spacing on a numbered list.
The only community support I have seen is about 10 years old and suggests copying into TextEdit, making the needed changes, and pasting it back into my Note. That seems kind of a crude workaround.
Posted on Sep 17, 2026 10:36 AM
User level: Level 9 (60,836 points)Sep 17, 2026 11:16 AM in response to mveen
You can't. The idea is to give the content the minimal amount of structural meaning while omitting superfluous presentation.
It's a numbered list, so that's what it is. You want to add line spacing. What is line spacing anyway? Are talking single vs. double vs. triple line spacing? Or leading? Or top and/or bottom margins on a paragraph? Are those margins in points, picas, pixels, or ems? That gets complicated really fast.
User level: Level 10 (131,878 points)Sep 17, 2026 11:56 AM in response to mveen
Although you can select a list in Notes, then right-click on it and Choose Font > Format, the line-spacing tool on the resulting pop-up panel won't change any spacing. This does not work on two lines of selected plain text either.
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256359154