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Old April 2nd, 2010, 06:34 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Stephen Larivee
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What is the preferred way of typing today, to put one or two spaces at the
end of a sentence?

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Old April 2nd, 2010, 07:17 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Jay Freedman
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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.

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Jay Freedman
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Old April 2nd, 2010, 07:38 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
JoAnn Paules
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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.

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JoAnn Paules
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Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
...
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.


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Old April 2nd, 2010, 07:45 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
AR88 Enthusiast
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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.

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Old April 2nd, 2010, 07:52 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Stefan Blom[_3_]
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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...

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"JoAnn Paules" wrote in message
...
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" wrote in message
...
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.





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Old April 2nd, 2010, 07:56 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
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I used to be a two space man, but my understanding is that this was
necessary when we used fixed spaced fonts like Courier. Now with kerning
etc.the single space is sufficient. I confess that I still find myself doing
it though.

(But I resist the horrid modern practice of lower casing the i and omitting
most punctuation!)

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What is the preferred way of typing today, to put one or two spaces at the
end of a sentence?



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Old April 2nd, 2010, 09:04 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Tom Willett[_2_]
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In all my years of using any word processor, I have never once had anyone
contact me to point out whether there is one too many spaces in my
documents. Nor have they complained that there were'nt enough spaces.

The bottom line is, who really cares? Except maybe those who chastise others
for top posting ;-)

Tom
"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
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: 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.
:
:


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Old April 2nd, 2010, 09:26 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
bj[_4_]
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When I'm writing, I usually do the one-space method -- though I grew up &
was taught the two-space method (even then, my typing teacher was cranky
about the fact that I hit the spacebar with *the wrong thumb!).

When I'm editing articles for a newsletter I don't usually go through &
eliminate any two-spaces, though I do change paragraph formatting to
extra-space-after rather than the two-carriage-returns.

Actually, for the newsletter I do, I just make it look as easily-readable as
possible. I don't hold to any hard & fast rules even with the styles I've
set up & been using for years.

I don't remember what I did for my thesis 15 years ago but I didn't get any
complaints about it.
bj

"Tom Willett" wrote in message
...
In all my years of using any word processor, I have never once had anyone
contact me to point out whether there is one too many spaces in my
documents. Nor have they complained that there were'nt enough spaces.

The bottom line is, who really cares? Except maybe those who chastise
others
for top posting ;-)

Tom
"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
...
: 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.
:



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Old April 2nd, 2010, 09:29 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Dave Symes
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Default two spaces or one

In article ,
Tom Willett wrote:
[Snippy]

The bottom line is, who really cares? Except maybe those who chastise
others for top posting ;-)


Top posting is a heinous crime, for which you should be flogged around the
fleet.

Dave

And no emoticon get-out, it's a serious business y'know.

:-\~

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Old April 2nd, 2010, 09:33 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Tom Willett[_2_]
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"Dave Symes" wrote in message
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: In article ,
: Tom Willett wrote:
: [Snippy]
:
: The bottom line is, who really cares? Except maybe those who chastise
: others for top posting ;-)
:
: Top posting is a heinous crime, for which you should be flogged around the
: fleet.

Which fleet would that be?



 




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