Indesign line spacing control

I can't find the line spacing control to change from single spacing to double. Can someone tell me where it is?

I just found it!
This was on Adobe's InDesign Help site:
Change the default leading percentage
Select the paragraphs that you want to change.
Choose Justification from the Paragraph panel menu or from the Control panel menu.
For Auto Leading, specify a new default percentage. The minimum value is 0%, and the maximum value is 500%.
But thank you very much Peter, you were right on!

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Hi,
There is no line spacing applied. However, the first line is
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<td width="546" height="261" valign="top"><h1
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<h1>OUR COMPANY</h1><br>
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</td>

You are seeing the margins between the <h1> and the
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> Hi,
>
> There is no line spacing applied. However, the first
line is in brown and
> the
> second line is in gold. There is a massive line space
between the two
> lines,
> whereas I'd like them to be the equivalent of a soft
return.
>
> "welcometo" is brown text, and h1 is defined as gold
text. The p tag is
> defined in brown also. I've got a huge gap between each
line.
>
> <td width="546" height="261" valign="top"><h1
class="welcometo">Welcome
> to</h1>
> <h1>OUR COMPANY</h1><br>
> <p>My main text paragraphs here.</p>
> </td>
>

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[View picture|http://files.getdropbox.com/u/704221/JeditorPane.jpg]
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