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A person on my team is getting funky spacing when he types a double space at
the end of a sentence. Instead of using normal proportional spacing, Word stretches out the double space so that it looks more like a triple or quadruple space. Single spaces between words behave normally, as do all other characters. Is there some setting that causes elongated double spacing? To add a wrinkle, he has both Asian and Arabic characters installed on his computer. |
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Some combinations of settings can produce funky stuff if full justification
is being used. Does it still act odd if justification is turned off? What version of Word is being used? (If Word 2007, take a look at the Layout options in Word Options - Advanced, very bottom of the dialog. Are any of them turned on? All turned off is the default for Word 2007--if any are turned on, ask why, and see if they're related to how Word treats spaces.) Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Kimmie B" wrote in message ... A person on my team is getting funky spacing when he types a double space at the end of a sentence. Instead of using normal proportional spacing, Word stretches out the double space so that it looks more like a triple or quadruple space. Single spaces between words behave normally, as do all other characters. Is there some setting that causes elongated double spacing? To add a wrinkle, he has both Asian and Arabic characters installed on his computer. |
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Thanks very much Herb.
We use Word 2003, and full justification is turned off. All our docs have text aligned to the left. Any idea what those funky settings might be? The problem seems to be unique to one user. We all start docs from the same template, and no-one else's computer generates the elongated double spaces. However, when we open a doc that that one user created with the elongated double spaces on our own computer, the odd, elongated spacing persists within the doc, even in new sentenes and paragraphs that someone else subsequently adds. If this writer opens and works on a doc that someone else started, the double-spacing seems to behave normally. So, this is what I surmise. The template is fine. The problem originates with settings in one person's computer. Opening the doc on someone else's computer does not solve the problem. The problem seems to attach itself to a doc. As to others who have so generously weighed in on the double-vs.-single-space-at-the-end-of-a-sentence issue, regardless of what anyone thinks is proper or old-fashioned, Word is behaving strangely and I'd like to get it fixed. Any clues as to how to fix the problem would be greatly appreciated. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: Some combinations of settings can produce funky stuff if full justification is being used. Does it still act odd if justification is turned off? What version of Word is being used? (If Word 2007, take a look at the Layout options in Word Options - Advanced, very bottom of the dialog. Are any of them turned on? All turned off is the default for Word 2007--if any are turned on, ask why, and see if they're related to how Word treats spaces.) Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Kimmie B" wrote in message ... A person on my team is getting funky spacing when he types a double space at the end of a sentence. Instead of using normal proportional spacing, Word stretches out the double space so that it looks more like a triple or quadruple space. Single spaces between words behave normally, as do all other characters. Is there some setting that causes elongated double spacing? To add a wrinkle, he has both Asian and Arabic characters installed on his computer. |
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Can you send me a portion of one of the problem documents? I may not be able
to figure out the problem, but I'd be interested in taking a look. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Kimmie B" wrote in message ... Thanks very much Herb. We use Word 2003, and full justification is turned off. All our docs have text aligned to the left. Any idea what those funky settings might be? The problem seems to be unique to one user. We all start docs from the same template, and no-one else's computer generates the elongated double spaces. However, when we open a doc that that one user created with the elongated double spaces on our own computer, the odd, elongated spacing persists within the doc, even in new sentenes and paragraphs that someone else subsequently adds. If this writer opens and works on a doc that someone else started, the double-spacing seems to behave normally. So, this is what I surmise. The template is fine. The problem originates with settings in one person's computer. Opening the doc on someone else's computer does not solve the problem. The problem seems to attach itself to a doc. As to others who have so generously weighed in on the double-vs.-single-space-at-the-end-of-a-sentence issue, regardless of what anyone thinks is proper or old-fashioned, Word is behaving strangely and I'd like to get it fixed. Any clues as to how to fix the problem would be greatly appreciated. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: Some combinations of settings can produce funky stuff if full justification is being used. Does it still act odd if justification is turned off? What version of Word is being used? (If Word 2007, take a look at the Layout options in Word Options - Advanced, very bottom of the dialog. Are any of them turned on? All turned off is the default for Word 2007--if any are turned on, ask why, and see if they're related to how Word treats spaces.) Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Kimmie B" wrote in message ... A person on my team is getting funky spacing when he types a double space at the end of a sentence. Instead of using normal proportional spacing, Word stretches out the double space so that it looks more like a triple or quadruple space. Single spaces between words behave normally, as do all other characters. Is there some setting that causes elongated double spacing? To add a wrinkle, he has both Asian and Arabic characters installed on his computer. |
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Suzanne figured it out!
We are using Word 2003. Under Tools Options Compatibility, select Word 2003 rather than Custom. The problem resolved itself immediately. Kudos to Suzanne! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Can you send me a portion of one of the problem documents? I may not be able to figure out the problem, but I'd be interested in taking a look. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Kimmie B" wrote in message ... Thanks very much Herb. We use Word 2003, and full justification is turned off. All our docs have text aligned to the left. Any idea what those funky settings might be? The problem seems to be unique to one user. We all start docs from the same template, and no-one else's computer generates the elongated double spaces. However, when we open a doc that that one user created with the elongated double spaces on our own computer, the odd, elongated spacing persists within the doc, even in new sentenes and paragraphs that someone else subsequently adds. If this writer opens and works on a doc that someone else started, the double-spacing seems to behave normally. So, this is what I surmise. The template is fine. The problem originates with settings in one person's computer. Opening the doc on someone else's computer does not solve the problem. The problem seems to attach itself to a doc. As to others who have so generously weighed in on the double-vs.-single-space-at-the-end-of-a-sentence issue, regardless of what anyone thinks is proper or old-fashioned, Word is behaving strangely and I'd like to get it fixed. Any clues as to how to fix the problem would be greatly appreciated. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: Some combinations of settings can produce funky stuff if full justification is being used. Does it still act odd if justification is turned off? What version of Word is being used? (If Word 2007, take a look at the Layout options in Word Options - Advanced, very bottom of the dialog. Are any of them turned on? All turned off is the default for Word 2007--if any are turned on, ask why, and see if they're related to how Word treats spaces.) Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Kimmie B" wrote in message ... A person on my team is getting funky spacing when he types a double space at the end of a sentence. Instead of using normal proportional spacing, Word stretches out the double space so that it looks more like a triple or quadruple space. Single spaces between words behave normally, as do all other characters. Is there some setting that causes elongated double spacing? To add a wrinkle, he has both Asian and Arabic characters installed on his computer. |
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To follow up, the document had a "Custom" setting for Compatibility Options
with number of settings referring to Asian text; I suspect one of those was the culprit, but Kimmie and the document author found it easier to just change the settings wholesale, to Word 2003, which eliminated the problem. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Kimmie B" wrote in message ... Suzanne figured it out! We are using Word 2003. Under Tools Options Compatibility, select Word 2003 rather than Custom. The problem resolved itself immediately. Kudos to Suzanne! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Can you send me a portion of one of the problem documents? I may not be able to figure out the problem, but I'd be interested in taking a look. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Kimmie B" wrote in message ... Thanks very much Herb. We use Word 2003, and full justification is turned off. All our docs have text aligned to the left. Any idea what those funky settings might be? The problem seems to be unique to one user. We all start docs from the same template, and no-one else's computer generates the elongated double spaces. However, when we open a doc that that one user created with the elongated double spaces on our own computer, the odd, elongated spacing persists within the doc, even in new sentenes and paragraphs that someone else subsequently adds. If this writer opens and works on a doc that someone else started, the double-spacing seems to behave normally. So, this is what I surmise. The template is fine. The problem originates with settings in one person's computer. Opening the doc on someone else's computer does not solve the problem. The problem seems to attach itself to a doc. As to others who have so generously weighed in on the double-vs.-single-space-at-the-end-of-a-sentence issue, regardless of what anyone thinks is proper or old-fashioned, Word is behaving strangely and I'd like to get it fixed. Any clues as to how to fix the problem would be greatly appreciated. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: Some combinations of settings can produce funky stuff if full justification is being used. Does it still act odd if justification is turned off? What version of Word is being used? (If Word 2007, take a look at the Layout options in Word Options - Advanced, very bottom of the dialog. Are any of them turned on? All turned off is the default for Word 2007--if any are turned on, ask why, and see if they're related to how Word treats spaces.) Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Kimmie B" wrote in message ... A person on my team is getting funky spacing when he types a double space at the end of a sentence. Instead of using normal proportional spacing, Word stretches out the double space so that it looks more like a triple or quadruple space. Single spaces between words behave normally, as do all other characters. Is there some setting that causes elongated double spacing? To add a wrinkle, he has both Asian and Arabic characters installed on his computer. |
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I've never encountered the problem, so it's hard for me to speculate--the
settings I was thinking of I'm not sure get embedded in a document. The fact that the problem attaches itself to a document is interesting. Like Suzanne, I'd be interested in taking a look to see if something leaps out at me. If you'd care to email me a sample, my email address is herb at herbtyson dot com (disguised a little to try to thwart spam address harvesters). -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Kimmie B" wrote in message ... Thanks very much Herb. We use Word 2003, and full justification is turned off. All our docs have text aligned to the left. Any idea what those funky settings might be? The problem seems to be unique to one user. We all start docs from the same template, and no-one else's computer generates the elongated double spaces. However, when we open a doc that that one user created with the elongated double spaces on our own computer, the odd, elongated spacing persists within the doc, even in new sentenes and paragraphs that someone else subsequently adds. If this writer opens and works on a doc that someone else started, the double-spacing seems to behave normally. So, this is what I surmise. The template is fine. The problem originates with settings in one person's computer. Opening the doc on someone else's computer does not solve the problem. The problem seems to attach itself to a doc. As to others who have so generously weighed in on the double-vs.-single-space-at-the-end-of-a-sentence issue, regardless of what anyone thinks is proper or old-fashioned, Word is behaving strangely and I'd like to get it fixed. Any clues as to how to fix the problem would be greatly appreciated. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: Some combinations of settings can produce funky stuff if full justification is being used. Does it still act odd if justification is turned off? What version of Word is being used? (If Word 2007, take a look at the Layout options in Word Options - Advanced, very bottom of the dialog. Are any of them turned on? All turned off is the default for Word 2007--if any are turned on, ask why, and see if they're related to how Word treats spaces.) Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Kimmie B" wrote in message ... A person on my team is getting funky spacing when he types a double space at the end of a sentence. Instead of using normal proportional spacing, Word stretches out the double space so that it looks more like a triple or quadruple space. Single spaces between words behave normally, as do all other characters. Is there some setting that causes elongated double spacing? To add a wrinkle, he has both Asian and Arabic characters installed on his computer. |
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Is there a reason for typing two spaces after a sentence?
On Sep 3, 6:59*pm, Kimmie B wrote: A person on my team is getting funky spacing when he types a double space at the end of a sentence. *Instead of using normal proportional spacing, Word stretches out the double space so that it looks more like a triple or quadruple space. Single spaces between words behave normally, as do all other characters. Is there some setting that causes elongated double spacing? To add a wrinkle, he has both Asian and Arabic characters installed on his computer. |
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Yes. Several of my clients want two spaces after periods and the
paying client has the last word. Several industries/corporations still request/require two spaces regardless of the fact we now type on a computer instead of a typewriter. There is no set-in-stone rule on spaces after periods. Cheryl On Sep 3, 8:34*pm, "Peter T. Daniels" wrote: Is there a reason for typing two spaces after a sentence? |
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Cheryl,
Brace yourself ;-) Cheryl Flanders wrote: Yes. Several of my clients want two spaces after periods and the paying client has the last word. Several industries/corporations still request/require two spaces regardless of the fact we now type on a computer instead of a typewriter. There is no set-in-stone rule on spaces after periods. Cheryl On Sep 3, 8:34 pm, "Peter T. Daniels" wrote: Is there a reason for typing two spaces after a sentence? -- Greg Maxey See my web site http://gregmaxey.mvps.org for an eclectic collection of Word Tips. |
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"Cheryl Flanders" wrote in message
... Yes. Several of my clients want two spaces after periods and the paying client has the last word. This says it all! I have a client who insists on two spaces between sentences too. Even if I don't agree I'm paid to do what they want. grin ~Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP On Sep 3, 8:34 pm, "Peter T. Daniels" wrote: Is there a reason for typing two spaces after a sentence? |
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Thank goodness my clients trust my advice (but then I'm an editor and not a
developer). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... "Cheryl Flanders" wrote in message ... Yes. Several of my clients want two spaces after periods and the paying client has the last word. This says it all! I have a client who insists on two spaces between sentences too. Even if I don't agree I'm paid to do what they want. grin ~Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP On Sep 3, 8:34 pm, "Peter T. Daniels" wrote: Is there a reason for typing two spaces after a sentence? |
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My clients trust my advice, but they don't always follow it--and drafts
often go through a dozen or more contributors. So, when I receive drafts, I change "spacespace" into "space", change incorrect whiches to thats, and fix other stuff they might be inclined to ignore or change back. And THEN I turn tracking on. ;-) Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Thank goodness my clients trust my advice (but then I'm an editor and not a developer). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... "Cheryl Flanders" wrote in message ... Yes. Several of my clients want two spaces after periods and the paying client has the last word. This says it all! I have a client who insists on two spaces between sentences too. Even if I don't agree I'm paid to do what they want. grin ~Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP On Sep 3, 8:34 pm, "Peter T. Daniels" wrote: Is there a reason for typing two spaces after a sentence? |
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I forgot to mention those who do insist are government and state agencies.
;-) ~Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Thank goodness my clients trust my advice (but then I'm an editor and not a developer). "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... "Cheryl Flanders" wrote in message ... Yes. Several of my clients want two spaces after periods and the paying client has the last word. This says it all! I have a client who insists on two spaces between sentences too. Even if I don't agree I'm paid to do what they want. grin On Sep 3, 8:34 pm, "Peter T. Daniels" wrote: Is there a reason for typing two spaces after a sentence? |
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