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-- 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. "Jackie D" wrote in message ... This might sound like a strange question but I want to have two spaces after my full stops. Is there a way I can automatically enter two spaces without haveing to manually press the spacebar twice? -- Jackie D |
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Hello Suzanne
Just a few seconds ago I managed to do this using the Auto Correct function. Now each time I hit a full stop the cursor jumps two spaces. Perfect. -- Jackie D "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: No. -- 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. "Jackie D" wrote in message ... This might sound like a strange question but I want to have two spaces after my full stops. Is there a way I can automatically enter two spaces without haveing to manually press the spacebar twice? -- Jackie D |
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You'll get two spaces after every abbreviation. I think it would be better
to just get in the habit of pressing the spacebar twice when necessary (though most of us would not consider it necessary unless you're using a monospaced font) than to have to press Ctrl+Z to correct the false corrections. -- 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. "Jackie D" wrote in message ... Hello Suzanne Just a few seconds ago I managed to do this using the Auto Correct function. Now each time I hit a full stop the cursor jumps two spaces. Perfect. -- Jackie D "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: No. -- 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. "Jackie D" wrote in message ... This might sound like a strange question but I want to have two spaces after my full stops. Is there a way I can automatically enter two spaces without haveing to manually press the spacebar twice? -- Jackie D |
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Hi Jackie -
Just an extension of the point that Suzanne is so politely making - and *please* don't take this at all personally - what you are asking for is an arcane throwback to the manual typewriter. It is not only unnecessary with the current software technology, but is also considered inappropriate to use two spaces between sentences. Doing so also has the potential of complicating - rather than enhancing - readability, as well as causing other text flow issues. Well-trained typists are accustomed to using the technique in order to avoid crowding in manually typed documents, but the crowding is rare any more due to the proportionally-spaced fonts we use - accurate spacing is set for us based on typesetting standards. In the few instances where the result is not what might be preferable there are better & more precise methods of adjustment, rather than arbitrarily using the two-space technique religiously "just in case". Regards |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 11/18/06 9:57 AM, in article , "Jackie D" wrote: Hello Suzanne Just a few seconds ago I managed to do this using the Auto Correct function. Now each time I hit a full stop the cursor jumps two spaces. Perfect. |
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