Spaces after end of a sentence

[wje]

I prefer to have Two Spaces add the end of each sentence (that is the
way I learned to type and prefer the look to a single space). When
pasting text, Word 2004 will change Two Spaces to One Space after the
period.

Is there any way to prevent this (meaning I want two spaces rather than
one space after the period mark)?

thanks
wje

 

[Steve Hodgson]

I prefer to have Two Spaces add the end of each sentence (that is the
way I learned to type and prefer the look to a single space). When
pasting text, Word 2004 will change Two Spaces to One Space after the
period.

Is there any way to prevent this (meaning I want two spaces rather than
one space after the period mark)?

Is it fixed if you turn off 'Automatically adjust spacing around
deleted or inserted text' in the Smart Cut and Paste preferences?

Cheers,

Steve

 

[CyberTaz]

Hi wje -

FWIW, you & millions of others were *taught* to type that way because of the
inadequacy of manual typewriters. The technique was the only way to
compensate for 'crowding' of sentences which hampered readability of
typewritten documents.

All due respect to Elliott's opinion of Word's type_setting_ (as opposed to
type_writing_) accuracy, 2 spaces between sentences in proportionately
spaced documents is not only unnecessary, but also undesirable for a number
of reasons.

Regards |:>)

 

[Beth Rosengard]

I know intellectually that this is true, but I still find sometimes (maybe
depending on the font used?) that double-spacing after periods makes text
easier to read. I like Elliott's suggestion ­ an automatic 1+ (maybe 1 1/2)
spaces after each sentence-ending period.

Beth

 

[Elliott Roper]

I know intellectually that this is true, but I still find sometimes (maybe
depending on the font used?) that double-spacing after periods makes text
easier to read. I like Elliott's suggestion ­ an automatic 1+ (maybe 1 1/2)
spaces after each sentence-ending period.

That's the way the old-time linotype operators did it. Drop a spaceband
and a thin. When the jaws closed, the sentence break snuck a tiny bit
more space than the interword spaces on the same justified line.

Honestly, it was a house style. Some shops added a thin, others thought
that that white above the period was enough extra.

(The spaceband was a special matrix, made out of two opposing wedges.
When the lino jaws were closed to the column measure, a second pair of
jaws at right angles to the main jaws closed in and jammed the wedges
out till all the mats were tight in the jaws. All the interword space
became the same because all the bands expanded evenly. Then the metal
was poured. -- producing a line of type -- which in turn, was the
reason those horrid smelly dark linecasters got the brand name
Linotype)

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

Elliott:

So set up an AutoCorrect to replace two spaces with an em and a thin, and
stop yer whinging

These days, *I* have quite a few of the "auto-smart-ass" features turned ON,
cause they save time

Regrettably, I do not think there is a way to fix the double-space on move
problem with current versions of Word.

They added logic to preserve the space at the ends of words, and to swap a
space from the beginning to the end of the string to make the text flow
properly. But the logic is not yet smart enough to figure out whether you
are a two-spacer or a one-spacer, at the beginning or end of a sentence
(swap the spacing) or at the beginning or end of a paragraph (delete the
spacing).

Sorry: For real intelligence you still need a human...

Cheers

That's the way the old-time linotype operators did it. Drop a spaceband
and a thin. When the jaws closed, the sentence break snuck a tiny bit
more space than the interword spaces on the same justified line.

Honestly, it was a house style. Some shops added a thin, others thought
that that white above the period was enough extra.

(The spaceband was a special matrix, made out of two opposing wedges.
When the lino jaws were closed to the column measure, a second pair of
jaws at right angles to the main jaws closed in and jammed the wedges
out till all the mats were tight in the jaws. All the interword space
became the same because all the bands expanded evenly. Then the metal
was poured. -- producing a line of type -- which in turn, was the
reason those horrid smelly dark linecasters got the brand name
Linotype)

--

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me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie <[email protected]>
Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer
Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410

 

[Elliott Roper]

Elliott:

So set up an AutoCorrect to replace two spaces with an em and a thin, and
stop yer whinging

Heh! You can guess what's coming next.
That would be like putting lipstick on a
NO CARRIER

 

[Jeff Wiseman]

Sorry: For real intelligence you still need a human...

Actually, this is why the study of artificial intellegence is
considered so important. It's because the real thing is so hard
to find...