[Lauren Nicole[_2_]]

In MS Word 2003, how do I change the default of one space between sentences
to 2 spaces between sentences?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

By pressing the spacebar twice. I won't get into the argument about whether
or not this is required (though I maintain that it is not if you are using
proportional fonts), but there is no way to automate this in Word. You can
get the grammar checker to highlight "incorrect" spacing however: Tools |
Options | Spelling & Grammar: Grammar: Settings: "Spaces required between
sentences."

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Lauren Nicole" wrote in message
...
In MS Word 2003, how do I change the default of one space between
sentences
to 2 spaces between sentences?

[Lauren Nicole[_2_]]

Thanks for the sense of humor. I don't like two spaces, either, but when it
is a requirement for a paper, you do what you gotta do.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

By pressing the spacebar twice. I won't get into the argument about whether
or not this is required (though I maintain that it is not if you are using
proportional fonts), but there is no way to automate this in Word. You can
get the grammar checker to highlight "incorrect" spacing however: Tools |
Options | Spelling & Grammar: Grammar: Settings: "Spaces required between
sentences."

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Lauren Nicole" wrote in message
...
In MS Word 2003, how do I change the default of one space between
sentences
to 2 spaces between sentences?

[Peter A]

In article ,
says...
In MS Word 2003, how do I change the default of one space between sentences
to 2 spaces between sentences?


This is not a Word setting. This is what you type in.

--
Peter Aitken
Author, MS Word for Medical and Technical Writers
www.tech-word.com

[Tony Jollans]

The easiest thing to do is, when you've finished other work on the document,
do a Find and Replace to add in the extra spaces.

Alternatively you could set up an AutoCorrect. If you 'correct' "." (dot) to
". " (dot space) then typing dot space will give you dot space space. It
will however mess up any other uses of dots (in numbers for example).

The choice is yours - I would go for the F&R at the end but you do have to
remember to do it!

--
Enjoy,
Tony

"Lauren Nicole" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the sense of humor. I don't like two spaces, either, but when
it
is a requirement for a paper, you do what you gotta do.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

By pressing the spacebar twice. I won't get into the argument about
whether
or not this is required (though I maintain that it is not if you are
using
proportional fonts), but there is no way to automate this in Word. You
can
get the grammar checker to highlight "incorrect" spacing however: Tools |
Options | Spelling & Grammar: Grammar: Settings: "Spaces required between
sentences."

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Lauren Nicole" wrote in message
...
In MS Word 2003, how do I change the default of one space between
sentences
to 2 spaces between sentences?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Keeping in mind, however, that (a) Word can't distinguish a period after an
abbreviation from a period at the end of a sentence, and (b) some sentences
end in other punctuation (question mark, exclamation point).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Tony Jollans" My forename at my surname dot com wrote in message
...
The easiest thing to do is, when you've finished other work on the
document, do a Find and Replace to add in the extra spaces.

Alternatively you could set up an AutoCorrect. If you 'correct' "." (dot)
to ". " (dot space) then typing dot space will give you dot space space.
It will however mess up any other uses of dots (in numbers for example).

The choice is yours - I would go for the F&R at the end but you do have to
remember to do it!

--
Enjoy,
Tony

"Lauren Nicole" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the sense of humor. I don't like two spaces, either, but when
it
is a requirement for a paper, you do what you gotta do.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

By pressing the spacebar twice. I won't get into the argument about
whether
or not this is required (though I maintain that it is not if you are
using
proportional fonts), but there is no way to automate this in Word. You
can
get the grammar checker to highlight "incorrect" spacing however: Tools
|
Options | Spelling & Grammar: Grammar: Settings: "Spaces required
between
sentences."

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Lauren Nicole" wrote in
message
...
In MS Word 2003, how do I change the default of one space between
sentences
to 2 spaces between sentences?

[Tony Jollans]

Very true.

--
Enjoy,
Tony

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
Keeping in mind, however, that (a) Word can't distinguish a period after
an abbreviation from a period at the end of a sentence, and (b) some
sentences end in other punctuation (question mark, exclamation point).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Tony Jollans" My forename at my surname dot com wrote in message
...
The easiest thing to do is, when you've finished other work on the
document, do a Find and Replace to add in the extra spaces.

Alternatively you could set up an AutoCorrect. If you 'correct' "." (dot)
to ". " (dot space) then typing dot space will give you dot space space.
It will however mess up any other uses of dots (in numbers for example).

The choice is yours - I would go for the F&R at the end but you do have
to remember to do it!

--
Enjoy,
Tony

"Lauren Nicole" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the sense of humor. I don't like two spaces, either, but when
it
is a requirement for a paper, you do what you gotta do.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

By pressing the spacebar twice. I won't get into the argument about
whether
or not this is required (though I maintain that it is not if you are
using
proportional fonts), but there is no way to automate this in Word. You
can
get the grammar checker to highlight "incorrect" spacing however: Tools
|
Options | Spelling & Grammar: Grammar: Settings: "Spaces required
between
sentences."

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Lauren Nicole" wrote in
message
...
In MS Word 2003, how do I change the default of one space between
sentences
to 2 spaces between sentences?

[Peter A]

In article , "Tony Jollans" My
forename at my surname dot com says...
Subject: spacing between sentences
From: "Tony Jollans" My forename at my surname dot com
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.word.docmanagement

The easiest thing to do is, when you've finished other work on the document,
do a Find and Replace to add in the extra spaces.


Not a good idea. If you already have some periods followed by 2 spaces
they will be changed to a period followed by three spaces.


--
Peter Aitken
Author, MS Word for Medical and Technical Writers
www.tech-word.com

[Tony Jollans]

It's easy to change (end-of-sentence-character) (space) (not space) to (same
end-of-sentence-character) (space) (space) (same not space) and leave other
combinations alone.

--
Enjoy,
Tony

"Peter A" wrote in message
om...
In article , "Tony Jollans" My
forename at my surname dot com says...
Subject: spacing between sentences
From: "Tony Jollans" My forename at my surname dot com
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.word.docmanagement

The easiest thing to do is, when you've finished other work on the
document,
do a Find and Replace to add in the extra spaces.


Not a good idea. If you already have some periods followed by 2 spaces
they will be changed to a period followed by three spaces.


--
Peter Aitken
Author, MS Word for Medical and Technical Writers
www.tech-word.com

[Summer]

1. Type with two spaces (I do both single and double).
2. Use a macro (I do this always)
3 Without using a macro change settings for Normal.dot

Tools
Options
Spelling & Grammar (see attached)

Then when you run spell check it will change all according to rule.

Summer
www.docsliveonline.com


"Lauren Nicole" wrote in message
...
In MS Word 2003, how do I change the default of one space between
sentences
to 2 spaces between sentences?

[Peter A]

In article , "Tony Jollans" My
forename at my surname dot com says...
It's easy to change (end-of-sentence-character) (space) (not space) to (same
end-of-sentence-character) (space) (space) (same not space) and leave other
combinations alone.

--
Enjoy,
Tony


Yes, if you know how to use regular expressions, but most Word users do
not.

Actually, a way to do it without REs is:

1) Replace all instances of period-space-space with some unique
character combination such as @@@@.
2) Replace all instances of period-space with period-space-space.
3) Replace all instances of @@@@ with period-space-space.

--
Peter Aitken
Author, MS Word for Medical and Technical Writers
www.tech-word.com

[Graham Mayor]

You could always learn how 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



Peter A wrote:
In article , "Tony Jollans" My
forename at my surname dot com says...
It's easy to change (end-of-sentence-character) (space) (not space)
to (same end-of-sentence-character) (space) (space) (same not space)
and leave other combinations alone.

--
Enjoy,
Tony


Yes, if you know how to use regular expressions, but most Word users
do not.

Actually, a way to do it without REs is:

1) Replace all instances of period-space-space with some unique
character combination such as @@@@.
2) Replace all instances of period-space with period-space-space.
3) Replace all instances of @@@@ with period-space-space.