If the line ends with two spaces after a period, word wrap brings the second
period to the next line so there's a space at the beginning of the line. How
can I prevent this from occurring?

Use only a single space after periods. Double space after periods was a
convention introduced for typewriter monospaced fonts. If you're using a
proportional-spaced font, it reduces readability.


"Scooter1203" wrote in message
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If the line ends with two spaces after a period, word wrap brings the
second
period to the next line so there's a space at the beginning of the line.
How
can I prevent this from occurring?

In Word, click on Tools | Options | Compatibility tab | uncheck
the "Wrap trailing spaces to next line" box | OK.

Scooter1203 wrote:
If the line ends with two spaces after a period, word wrap brings the second
period to the next line so there's a space at the beginning of the line. How
can I prevent this from occurring?

Unfortunately, our department doesn't give us that option and will kick back
any report that has only one space after a period.

"Jezebel" wrote:

Use only a single space after periods. Double space after periods was a
convention introduced for typewriter monospaced fonts. If you're using a
proportional-spaced font, it reduces readability.


"Scooter1203" wrote in message
...
If the line ends with two spaces after a period, word wrap brings the
second
period to the next line so there's a space at the beginning of the line.
How
can I prevent this from occurring?

There was no check mark in that option. But thank you for your help.

"garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:

In Word, click on Tools | Options | Compatibility tab | uncheck
the "Wrap trailing spaces to next line" box | OK.

Scooter1203 wrote:
If the line ends with two spaces after a period, word wrap brings the second
period to the next line so there's a space at the beginning of the line. How
can I prevent this from occurring?

Make sure you don't have any WordPerfect-related options enabled anywhere
(Tools | Options | General or Compatibility). Make sure the spaces are
ordinary spaces and not nonbreaking spaces.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Scooter1203" wrote in message
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There was no check mark in that option. But thank you for your help.

"garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:

In Word, click on Tools | Options | Compatibility tab | uncheck
the "Wrap trailing spaces to next line" box | OK.

Scooter1203 wrote:
If the line ends with two spaces after a period, word wrap brings the
second
period to the next line so there's a space at the beginning of the
line. How
can I prevent this from occurring?

I had posted another reply above, but it hasn't appeared. The Compatibility
option for "Don't add leading (extra space) between lines of text" did the
trick. Thank you for responding!

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Make sure you don't have any WordPerfect-related options enabled anywhere
(Tools | Options | General or Compatibility). Make sure the spaces are
ordinary spaces and not nonbreaking spaces.

--
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.

"Scooter1203" wrote in message
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There was no check mark in that option. But thank you for your help.

"garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:

In Word, click on Tools | Options | Compatibility tab | uncheck
the "Wrap trailing spaces to next line" box | OK.

Scooter1203 wrote:
If the line ends with two spaces after a period, word wrap brings the
second
period to the next line so there's a space at the beginning of the
line. How
can I prevent this from occurring?

Don't put up with it. Tell them to pull their heads in and grow up.



"Scooter1203" wrote in message
...
Unfortunately, our department doesn't give us that option and will kick
back
any report that has only one space after a period.

"Jezebel" wrote:

Use only a single space after periods. Double space after periods was a
convention introduced for typewriter monospaced fonts. If you're using a
proportional-spaced font, it reduces readability.


"Scooter1203" wrote in message
...
If the line ends with two spaces after a period, word wrap brings the
second
period to the next line so there's a space at the beginning of the
line.
How
can I prevent this from occurring?

Look under ToolsOptionsCompatibility and you will probably find a way to
control whether trailing spaces wrap to the next line. They don't for me.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"Scooter1203" wrote in message
...
If the line ends with two spaces after a period, word wrap brings the
second
period to the next line so there's a space at the beginning of the line.
How
can I prevent this from occurring?