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I'm an aspiring writer who has just discovered (after writing a first book of
200+ pages) that the words need to be double-spaced for the editors/publishers!!! Is it possible to select the whole doc. and change the settings or am I doomed to sit for hours clicking and stabbing at the space bar? Thanx |
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Katnco,
Just do a search and replace, search for one space and replace with two. You can find replace in the Edit menu. -- Luc Sanders (MVP - PowerPoint) "katnco" u22563@uwe schreef in bericht news:6128481b90226@uwe... I'm an aspiring writer who has just discovered (after writing a first book of 200+ pages) that the words need to be double-spaced for the editors/publishers!!! Is it possible to select the whole doc. and change the settings or am I doomed to sit for hours clicking and stabbing at the space bar? Thanx |
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Are you sure it isn't the lines they want double spaced? That would be a
paragraph format setting. If it is the Words then a wildcard replace of ([ ]{1})([! ]) with \1\1\2 will double up all single spaces. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org katnco wrote: I'm an aspiring writer who has just discovered (after writing a first book of 200+ pages) that the words need to be double-spaced for the editors/publishers!!! Is it possible to select the whole doc. and change the settings or am I doomed to sit for hours clicking and stabbing at the space bar? Thanx |
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katnco wrote:
I'm an aspiring writer who has just discovered (after writing a first book of 200+ pages) that the words need to be double-spaced for the editors/publishers!!! Is it possible to select the whole doc. and change the settings or am I doomed to sit for hours clicking and stabbing at the space bar? Thanx Mate! You almost certainly do NOT want to double space words; you must double space LINES! Working as a professional editor I always need double spaced (or even 1.5) lines but NEVER words! In Word 2000 I would use edit | select all, then format | paragraph | line spacing (drop down box) choose double | OK. Some better word experts will probably have better ideas (I'm a relative newbie to Word). With respect, discovering so late in the process that you needed double line spaces suggests you may have neglected some other essential homework before embarking on your journey of creation. I suggest you buy/borrow at least one text on how to get published, and by the way do prepare to be disappointed. There are thousands of unsolicited manuscripts a week that never make it - on the other hand don't let me put you off: some do! |
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I'll second everything said. As an editor I have never
seen a requirement for double spacing between words. It might be that some publishers would require two spaces after a period or colon (that's a whole nother ball of wax), but I strongly suspect that double-spaced lines are what is required. -- 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. wrote in message ... katnco wrote: I'm an aspiring writer who has just discovered (after writing a first book of 200+ pages) that the words need to be double-spaced for the editors/publishers!!! Is it possible to select the whole doc. and change the settings or am I doomed to sit for hours clicking and stabbing at the space bar? Thanx Mate! You almost certainly do NOT want to double space words; you must double space LINES! Working as a professional editor I always need double spaced (or even 1.5) lines but NEVER words! In Word 2000 I would use edit | select all, then format | paragraph | line spacing (drop down box) choose double | OK. Some better word experts will probably have better ideas (I'm a relative newbie to Word). With respect, discovering so late in the process that you needed double line spaces suggests you may have neglected some other essential homework before embarking on your journey of creation. I suggest you buy/borrow at least one text on how to get published, and by the way do prepare to be disappointed. There are thousands of unsolicited manuscripts a week that never make it - on the other hand don't let me put you off: some do! |
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Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
I'll second everything said. As an editor I have never seen a requirement for double spacing between words. It might be that some publishers would require two spaces after a period or colon (that's a whole nother ball of wax), but I strongly suspect that double-spaced lines are what is required. I'm an aspiring writer who has just discovered (after writing a first book of 200+ pages) that the words need to be double-spaced for the [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] manuscripts a week that never make it - on the other hand don't let me put you off: some do! Thank you to everyone who has so eagerly given me advice. I realise I have been a complete dunce and have now- correctly!- double spaced the LINES! the lack of initial research- I didn't start writing this book to get published- it was something I did for enjoyment and then decided I wanted to try and take further! And I am, of course- here I ahve done my research!- prepared for rejections. Such is life and you've gotta keep trying! Thanks again all. -- Message posted via OfficeKB.com http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.a...neral/200606/1 |
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Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
I'll second everything said. As an editor I have never seen a requirement for double spacing between words. It might be that some publishers would require two spaces after a period or colon (that's a whole nother ball of wax), but I strongly suspect that double-spaced lines are what is required. I'm an aspiring writer who has just discovered (after writing a first book of 200+ pages) that the words need to be double-spaced for the [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] manuscripts a week that never make it - on the other hand don't let me put you off: some do! Thank you to everyone who has so eagerly given me advice. I realise I have been a complete dunce and have now- correctly!- double spaced the LINES! the lack of initial research- I didn't start writing this book to get published- it was something I did for enjoyment and then decided I wanted to try and take further! And I am, of course- here I have done my research!- prepared for rejections. Such is life and you've gotta keep trying! Thanks again all. -- Message posted via http://www.officekb.com |
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Thanks for the agreement Suzanne! In my experience most publishers do
not want double spaces anywhere (except between lines). It used to be done after full stops and certain other punctuation when using non-proportional fonts like courier, but now that nearly everyone uses proportional fonts, putting double spaces anywhere plays havoc with the justification process that publishers use. Therefore, I am always expected to strip out such spaces. Incidentally, I find the search and replace function in Word 2000 does not always do this faultlessly, and I often have to manually tidy up. BTW, Suzanne, is there an editors' newsgroup? Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: I'll second everything said. As an editor I have never seen a requirement for double spacing between words. It might be that some publishers would require two spaces after a period or colon (that's a whole nother ball of wax), but I strongly suspect that double-spaced lines are what is required. -- 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. wrote in message ... katnco wrote: I'm an aspiring writer who has just discovered (after writing a first book of 200+ pages) that the words need to be double-spaced for the editors/publishers!!! Is it possible to select the whole doc. and change the settings or am I doomed to sit for hours clicking and stabbing at the space bar? Thanx Mate! You almost certainly do NOT want to double space words; you must double space LINES! Working as a professional editor I always need double spaced (or even 1.5) lines but NEVER words! In Word 2000 I would use edit | select all, then format | paragraph | line spacing (drop down box) choose double | OK. Some better word experts will probably have better ideas (I'm a relative newbie to Word). With respect, discovering so late in the process that you needed double line spaces suggests you may have neglected some other essential homework before embarking on your journey of creation. I suggest you buy/borrow at least one text on how to get published, and by the way do prepare to be disappointed. There are thousands of unsolicited manuscripts a week that never make it - on the other hand don't let me put you off: some do! |
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I'm sure there must be Usenet NGs for editors somewhere, but not on this
server (msnews.microsoft.com), which is the only one I currently bother with. -- 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. wrote in message ... Thanks for the agreement Suzanne! In my experience most publishers do not want double spaces anywhere (except between lines). It used to be done after full stops and certain other punctuation when using non-proportional fonts like courier, but now that nearly everyone uses proportional fonts, putting double spaces anywhere plays havoc with the justification process that publishers use. Therefore, I am always expected to strip out such spaces. Incidentally, I find the search and replace function in Word 2000 does not always do this faultlessly, and I often have to manually tidy up. BTW, Suzanne, is there an editors' newsgroup? Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: I'll second everything said. As an editor I have never seen a requirement for double spacing between words. It might be that some publishers would require two spaces after a period or colon (that's a whole nother ball of wax), but I strongly suspect that double-spaced lines are what is required. -- 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. wrote in message ... katnco wrote: I'm an aspiring writer who has just discovered (after writing a first book of 200+ pages) that the words need to be double-spaced for the editors/publishers!!! Is it possible to select the whole doc. and change the settings or am I doomed to sit for hours clicking and stabbing at the space bar? Thanx Mate! You almost certainly do NOT want to double space words; you must double space LINES! Working as a professional editor I always need double spaced (or even 1.5) lines but NEVER words! In Word 2000 I would use edit | select all, then format | paragraph | line spacing (drop down box) choose double | OK. Some better word experts will probably have better ideas (I'm a relative newbie to Word). With respect, discovering so late in the process that you needed double line spaces suggests you may have neglected some other essential homework before embarking on your journey of creation. I suggest you buy/borrow at least one text on how to get published, and by the way do prepare to be disappointed. There are thousands of unsolicited manuscripts a week that never make it - on the other hand don't let me put you off: some do! |
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katnco via OfficeKB.com wrote:
SNIP. Re the lack of initial research- I didn't start writing this book to get published- it was something I did for enjoyment and then decided I wanted to try and take further! And I am, of course- here I ahve done my research!- prepared for rejections. Such is life and you've gotta keep trying! Thanks again all. A pleasure Katnco. You'll quickly find that this is one of the most friendly and productive newgroups there is. I've learned heaps from it and still do. The start of your book ('for enjoyment') is one of the best ways to start. If you don't like the work it soon shows through. But bridging the gap between that and a saleable product (all that the publisher is interested in) is a big ask (and incidentally, involves the editor!). Just remember that the publisher must have his eye on the P&L account, and only 25 (!) hours in the day to read the shoals of stuff that lands on his desk. (In fact he is too busy looking at the P&L to read *any* of it - that's the professional reader's job). But best sellers do get written every month. So don't give up but don't bet the farm on success either. |
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Incidentally, I find the search and replace function in Word 2000 does not always do this faultlessly, and I often have to manually tidy up. The replace function does largely what you ask of it. You have to ask the right questions http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org |
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