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How to adjust the horizontal spacing after a period between senten
Our writing guide at my company tells us to use only one space, rather than
two, after a period and before the first character of the next sentence. The reason it says to do this is because modern word processors automatically add horizontal room between sentences, and if we type in two spaces, it will double the room and be too much. But, as far as I can tell, Microsoft Word doesn't add any room. When I type two sentences and only put a single space between them, they look too crowded. Is there a setting I can specify that will increase the room between two sentences without having to type in two spaces? |
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How to adjust the horizontal spacing after a period betweensenten
You're probably used to seeing typed materials that did it that way.
If you'll check printed books, you'll see they don't have any more space between sentences than between words within sentences. On Jan 9, 10:07*pm, SixSigmaGuy wrote: Our writing guide at my company tells us to use only one space, rather than two, after a period and before the first character of the next sentence. *The reason it says to do this is because modern word processors automatically add horizontal room between sentences, and if we type in two spaces, it will double the room and be too much. *But, as far as I can tell, Microsoft Word doesn't add any room. *When I type two sentences and only put a single space between them, they look too crowded. *Is there a setting I can specify that will increase the room between two sentences without having to type in two spaces? |
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How to adjust the horizontal spacing after a period between senten
You will want to set your default thusly:
Format | Font | Character Spacing. Click to create a check mark in Kerning for Fonts and set it to 12 points and above. -- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "SixSigmaGuy" wrote: Our writing guide at my company tells us to use only one space, rather than two, after a period and before the first character of the next sentence. The reason it says to do this is because modern word processors automatically add horizontal room between sentences, and if we type in two spaces, it will double the room and be too much. But, as far as I can tell, Microsoft Word doesn't add any room. When I type two sentences and only put a single space between them, they look too crowded. Is there a setting I can specify that will increase the room between two sentences without having to type in two spaces? |
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