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Spacing after full stops working strangely
I have a customer who insists they want 2 spaces after full stops.
I have set up a template for them and in the normal style there are instances where if the full stop is at the end of the line, one space is on that line and the second space is on the second line, which means the second line is out of alignment as it effectively has a space at the beginning. This is not happening on other documents and with other styles in the document so it suggests it is a style based problem. I've tried creating a new body text or normal style and it is retaining the problem. Can someone tell me what is causing this and how to put it right? Thanks -- Regards Holly |
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Spacing after full stops working strangely
Hi Holly -
Actually it *isn't* working strangely - it's working exactly as it's supposed to based on proportional spacing. A space is a stand-alone character (not something found in the middle of 'a' word), so that's where the line breaks are going to occur when the text wraps. It isn't a matter of a style or anything you can universally control on a conditional basis - if that's what they insist on they'll have to learn when, where & how to type non-breaking spaces - a chore that will bog down even the best typist & paralyze workflow ... Not to mention the detriments to formatting and further revision of the doc. I appreciate your desire to give the client what they want, but the real problem is that they are stuck in an Industrial Age mentality re document construction . The "2 spaces" technique was an improvised attempt to overcome the shortcomings of mono-spaced manual typewriters, whereas current technology is intended to deliver typeset results without the manipulation. Good Luck |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 2/1/07 5:59 AM, in article , "Holly in the UK" wrote: I have a customer who insists they want 2 spaces after full stops. I have set up a template for them and in the normal style there are instances where if the full stop is at the end of the line, one space is on that line and the second space is on the second line, which means the second line is out of alignment as it effectively has a space at the beginning. This is not happening on other documents and with other styles in the document so it suggests it is a style based problem. I've tried creating a new body text or normal style and it is retaining the problem. Can someone tell me what is causing this and how to put it right? Thanks |
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Spacing after full stops working strangely
Thanks, and I appreciate your comments.
What puzzles me though is that is works perfectly and consistently in some docs and not in others. What I mean is that if it does drop a space to the next line, it always does so in that document. If it doesn't drop the space to the next line, then it consistently doesn't for that other whole document. If it was arbitary I could appreciate it being a proportional spacing issue, but the fact that it behaves differently in different documents does not appear to support that, otherwise it should be consistent. DO you know if there is any reason why this should be the case? -- Regards Holly "CyberTaz" wrote: Hi Holly - Actually it *isn't* working strangely - it's working exactly as it's supposed to based on proportional spacing. A space is a stand-alone character (not something found in the middle of 'a' word), so that's where the line breaks are going to occur when the text wraps. It isn't a matter of a style or anything you can universally control on a conditional basis - if that's what they insist on they'll have to learn when, where & how to type non-breaking spaces - a chore that will bog down even the best typist & paralyze workflow ... Not to mention the detriments to formatting and further revision of the doc. I appreciate your desire to give the client what they want, but the real problem is that they are stuck in an Industrial Age mentality re document construction . The "2 spaces" technique was an improvised attempt to overcome the shortcomings of mono-spaced manual typewriters, whereas current technology is intended to deliver typeset results without the manipulation. Good Luck |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 2/1/07 5:59 AM, in article , "Holly in the UK" wrote: I have a customer who insists they want 2 spaces after full stops. I have set up a template for them and in the normal style there are instances where if the full stop is at the end of the line, one space is on that line and the second space is on the second line, which means the second line is out of alignment as it effectively has a space at the beginning. This is not happening on other documents and with other styles in the document so it suggests it is a style based problem. I've tried creating a new body text or normal style and it is retaining the problem. Can someone tell me what is causing this and how to put it right? Thanks |
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Spacing after full stops working strangely
In Tools | Options, Compatibility tab, see if "Wrap trailing spaces to
next line" is checked. If so, clear it. Repeat for each affected document. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Holly in the UK" wrote in message ... Thanks, and I appreciate your comments. What puzzles me though is that is works perfectly and consistently in some docs and not in others. What I mean is that if it does drop a space to the next line, it always does so in that document. If it doesn't drop the space to the next line, then it consistently doesn't for that other whole document. If it was arbitary I could appreciate it being a proportional spacing issue, but the fact that it behaves differently in different documents does not appear to support that, otherwise it should be consistent. DO you know if there is any reason why this should be the case? -- Regards Holly "CyberTaz" wrote: Hi Holly - Actually it *isn't* working strangely - it's working exactly as it's supposed to based on proportional spacing. A space is a stand-alone character (not something found in the middle of 'a' word), so that's where the line breaks are going to occur when the text wraps. It isn't a matter of a style or anything you can universally control on a conditional basis - if that's what they insist on they'll have to learn when, where & how to type non-breaking spaces - a chore that will bog down even the best typist & paralyze workflow ... Not to mention the detriments to formatting and further revision of the doc. I appreciate your desire to give the client what they want, but the real problem is that they are stuck in an Industrial Age mentality re document construction . The "2 spaces" technique was an improvised attempt to overcome the shortcomings of mono-spaced manual typewriters, whereas current technology is intended to deliver typeset results without the manipulation. Good Luck |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 2/1/07 5:59 AM, in article , "Holly in the UK" wrote: I have a customer who insists they want 2 spaces after full stops. I have set up a template for them and in the normal style there are instances where if the full stop is at the end of the line, one space is on that line and the second space is on the second line, which means the second line is out of alignment as it effectively has a space at the beginning. This is not happening on other documents and with other styles in the document so it suggests it is a style based problem. I've tried creating a new body text or normal style and it is retaining the problem. Can someone tell me what is causing this and how to put it right? Thanks |
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Spacing after full stops working strangely
Thanks Stefan, that has worked perfectly. I learn something new every day!
-- Regards Holly "Stefan Blom" wrote: In Tools | Options, Compatibility tab, see if "Wrap trailing spaces to next line" is checked. If so, clear it. Repeat for each affected document. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP |
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You are welcome.
-- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Holly in the UK" wrote in message ... Thanks Stefan, that has worked perfectly. I learn something new every day! -- Regards Holly "Stefan Blom" wrote: In Tools | Options, Compatibility tab, see if "Wrap trailing spaces to next line" is checked. If so, clear it. Repeat for each affected document. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP |
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