Thanks guys

I want to retain use of the Tab key for formatting (indenting some lines)
I tried changing line spacing which didn't work and so considered that I want to change the paragraph spacing thinking if I could about halve what it currently is I could just use the Enter key at the end of each line (they can be short in words) and then use tab to indent the next line OR press the Enter key twice to get a greater space however the only tutorial (Youtube) I could find uses the DESIGN drop down menu which doesn't exist in Word 2012 (apparently 2013 or newer is required).

Here is the result I am trying to achieve (expanded image with formatting symbols) -