LaTeX Example: How to double space a document

%\title{LaTeX Example: How to double space a document}
% Based on http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/50894/how-do-i-double-space-my-abstract-in-latex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{setspace}   %Allows double spacing with the \doublespacing command
\usepackage{lipsum} % Add dummy text
\begin{document}

\title{Document title} 
\date{September 2013}
\author{John Hammersley}
\maketitle

\doublespacing

\section*{This section contains double spaced text}
\lipsum[1-9]

\end{document}