spell/punctuation problem MS-Word

[tippy]

Anyway to set the spell check to detect the lack of two spaces after a
colon?
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Tippy

 

[Bastet]

Anyway to set the spell check to detect the lack of two spaces after a
colon?
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Tippy

That would be grammar, not spelling - and these days the common convention
is one, not two.

 

[Mike Williams [MVP]]

Anyway to set the spell check to detect the lack of two spaces after a
colon?

That's a function of grammar checking. You haven't specified your version of
Word, but you should see an option in this location: Tools > Options >
Spelling and Grammar > Settings [button] > Require : spaces required between
sentences.

 

[tippy]

That would be grammar, not spelling - and these days the common convention
is one, not two.

It's found in the spell check, thus I referred to it that way.
Perhaps where you are, 1 space is a convention. That is not the case
universally and where certain style manuals are required, such as the
Government Style Manual. So, I suppose the answer is NO, one can't
get the punctuation "checker," not grammar, to detect the lack of 2
spaces.
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Tippy

 

[Mike Williams [MVP]]

It's found in the spell check, thus I referred to it that way.
Perhaps where you are, 1 space is a convention. That is not the case
universally and where certain style manuals are required, such as the
Government Style Manual. So, I suppose the answer is NO, one can't
get the punctuation "checker," not grammar, to detect the lack of 2
spaces.

Wrong on most counts. See my earlier response.


Mike Williams - Office MVP http://www.mvps.org/faq/

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