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too many spaces
When editing my document. I was told to use the show/hide feature to delete
any extra spaces. Extra being more than 2 from the period to the next sentence. On some sentences the show/hide will put 1 dot between the word but then ther is a space after the dot and the next letter. It looks as though it is trying to show me that there is only 1 space there but you can see that there is an extra space. I am not sure if my settings our correct but I set in the grammer settings 1 space after each period thinking this would take the extra space out but no such luck. |
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If your paragraphs are justified to both margins, then the width of a single
space will vary as Word adjusts space width to make each line equal length. Trust the number of dots - they indicate the correct space count. BTW, modern typography specifies a SINGLE space after an end-of-sentence period. Typically, you don't want mutliple spaces anywhere in a doc. To align text, use tabs or indents, never multiple spaces. I recommend you run Replace, find two spaces, replace with single space, replace all, repeat until zero changes. -- Ted |
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Ted, Having thought about this more. Is this replace feature going to take
out the double spaces after each period as well. Ultimately, I want 2 spaces after each period and 1 space in between the words within the document. How can I use the replace feature to get the single spaces in the document but keep the double spaces after periods and colon headings. Heidi "TedMi" wrote: If your paragraphs are justified to both margins, then the width of a single space will vary as Word adjusts space width to make each line equal length. Trust the number of dots - they indicate the correct space count. BTW, modern typography specifies a SINGLE space after an end-of-sentence period. Typically, you don't want mutliple spaces anywhere in a doc. To align text, use tabs or indents, never multiple spaces. I recommend you run Replace, find two spaces, replace with single space, replace all, repeat until zero changes. -- Ted |
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As Ted has said, unless you're using a monospaced font, you really *don't*
want two spaces after a period. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Heidi" wrote in message ... Ted, Having thought about this more. Is this replace feature going to take out the double spaces after each period as well. Ultimately, I want 2 spaces after each period and 1 space in between the words within the document. How can I use the replace feature to get the single spaces in the document but keep the double spaces after periods and colon headings. Heidi "TedMi" wrote: If your paragraphs are justified to both margins, then the width of a single space will vary as Word adjusts space width to make each line equal length. Trust the number of dots - they indicate the correct space count. BTW, modern typography specifies a SINGLE space after an end-of-sentence period. Typically, you don't want mutliple spaces anywhere in a doc. To align text, use tabs or indents, never multiple spaces. I recommend you run Replace, find two spaces, replace with single space, replace all, repeat until zero changes. -- Ted |
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You will see extra space if the text is justified, but if you see only one
dot, then there is only one space character. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Heidi" wrote in message ... When editing my document. I was told to use the show/hide feature to delete any extra spaces. Extra being more than 2 from the period to the next sentence. On some sentences the show/hide will put 1 dot between the word but then ther is a space after the dot and the next letter. It looks as though it is trying to show me that there is only 1 space there but you can see that there is an extra space. I am not sure if my settings our correct but I set in the grammer settings 1 space after each period thinking this would take the extra space out but no such luck. |
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Thank you Ted and Suzanne, I understand it a lot more now. How do I get to
the replace feature, Ted. "Heidi" wrote: When editing my document. I was told to use the show/hide feature to delete any extra spaces. Extra being more than 2 from the period to the next sentence. On some sentences the show/hide will put 1 dot between the word but then ther is a space after the dot and the next letter. It looks as though it is trying to show me that there is only 1 space there but you can see that there is an extra space. I am not sure if my settings our correct but I set in the grammer settings 1 space after each period thinking this would take the extra space out but no such luck. |
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Nevermind, I found it under Edit. Thank you !!
"Heidi" wrote: Thank you Ted and Suzanne, I understand it a lot more now. How do I get to the replace feature, Ted. "Heidi" wrote: When editing my document. I was told to use the show/hide feature to delete any extra spaces. Extra being more than 2 from the period to the next sentence. On some sentences the show/hide will put 1 dot between the word but then ther is a space after the dot and the next letter. It looks as though it is trying to show me that there is only 1 space there but you can see that there is an extra space. I am not sure if my settings our correct but I set in the grammer settings 1 space after each period thinking this would take the extra space out but no such luck. |
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