Document Formatting, How To, Style, TemplatesHow to Stretch Text in MS Word Posted on December 4, 2006 by Jeeves Select the text you want to change. Click Format, Font, and then the Character Spacing tab. In the Scale box, enter the percentage you want to stretch the text. Stretching is also refereed to as scaling. Share this:TweetEmailPrint Jeeves 20 Golden Rules For Submitting Articles [How To] Change Spacing between Characters in MS Word documents