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From: Stephen Larivee on 2 Apr 2010 13:34 What is the preferred way of typing today, to put one or two spaces at the end of a sentence?
From: Jay Freedman on 2 Apr 2010 14:17 Stephen Larivee wrote: > What is the preferred way of typing today, to put one or two spaces > at the end of a sentence? Preferred by whom? This is the subject of one of those never-ending wars, akin to PC-vs.-Mac. Neither side will give in soon. One side maintains that one space is "correct" or at least sufficient when writing in proportional fonts, and that the two-spaces practice is a holdover from the fixed-pitch typewriter era. The other side maintains that two spaces look better and improve readability even in proportional fonts. Word takes a more hands-off approach. You can set either preference in the Spelling & Grammar options dialog, but an infraction will only be marked, not automatically changed. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
From: JoAnn Paules on 2 Apr 2010 14:38 One of my managers and I have differing opinions on this topic. I'm a single space, he'd a double space. When I'm working on something he worked on, I have to struggle with the desire to get rid of the extra space. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman(a)verizon.net> wrote in message news:uKir%23Cp0KHA.3412(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Stephen Larivee wrote: >> What is the preferred way of typing today, to put one or two spaces >> at the end of a sentence? > > Preferred by whom? > > This is the subject of one of those never-ending wars, akin to PC-vs.-Mac. > Neither side will give in soon. > > One side maintains that one space is "correct" or at least sufficient when > writing in proportional fonts, and that the two-spaces practice is a > holdover from the fixed-pitch typewriter era. The other side maintains > that two spaces look better and improve readability even in proportional > fonts. > > Word takes a more hands-off approach. You can set either preference in the > Spelling & Grammar options dialog, but an infraction will only be marked, > not automatically changed. > > -- > Regards, > Jay Freedman > Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup > so all may benefit. >
From: Stefan Blom on 2 Apr 2010 14:52 For what it's worth, in Swedish texts this isn't an issue at all: always one space, even if you use an ancient typewriter... -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "JoAnn Paules" <jl_paules(a)hotnospammail.com> wrote in message news:%23vWRzOp0KHA.6108(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > One of my managers and I have differing opinions on this topic. I'm a > single space, he'd a double space. When I'm working on something he worked > on, I have to struggle with the desire to get rid of the extra space. > > -- > JoAnn Paules > MVP Microsoft [Publisher] > Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" > > > > "Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman(a)verizon.net> wrote in message > news:uKir%23Cp0KHA.3412(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> Stephen Larivee wrote: >>> What is the preferred way of typing today, to put one or two spaces >>> at the end of a sentence? >> >> Preferred by whom? >> >> This is the subject of one of those never-ending wars, akin to >> PC-vs.-Mac. Neither side will give in soon. >> >> One side maintains that one space is "correct" or at least sufficient >> when writing in proportional fonts, and that the two-spaces practice is a >> holdover from the fixed-pitch typewriter era. The other side maintains >> that two spaces look better and improve readability even in proportional >> fonts. >> >> Word takes a more hands-off approach. You can set either preference in >> the Spelling & Grammar options dialog, but an infraction will only be >> marked, not automatically changed. >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Jay Freedman >> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org >> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup >> so all may benefit. >> >
From: AR88 Enthusiast on 2 Apr 2010 14:45
I'll quickly hijack this thread Jay. You once kindly sent me service pack 1 foir Word 2000. Can you help re the help file? -- see other thread. "Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman(a)verizon.net> wrote in message news:uKir%23Cp0KHA.3412(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... |