I'd like to set up my MSWord 2000 document so that there are two spaces after
a sentence. The default seems to be a single space after a sentence. Is there
an option to set this so it happens automatically. I couldn't find anything
under the AutoCorrect feature.

There is no such setting. You can set the grammar checker to alert you when
you only use one space. Note that if you are using a proportionally spaced
font, the proper spacing to make your document most easily read is built
into the font for one space at the end of a sentence.
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"DAL" wrote in message
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I'd like to set up my MSWord 2000 document so that there are two spaces
after
a sentence. The default seems to be a single space after a sentence. Is
there
an option to set this so it happens automatically. I couldn't find
anything
under the AutoCorrect feature.

You should be able to go into the Format, Paragraph dialog box and set the
spacing before or after a paragraph to 24 pts. Note: Don't set both as this
will add 2 blank lines instead of one. This assumes that each sentence ends
with a hard return, of course.

"DAL" wrote:

I'd like to set up my MSWord 2000 document so that there are two spaces after
a sentence. The default seems to be a single space after a sentence. Is there
an option to set this so it happens automatically. I couldn't find anything
under the AutoCorrect feature.

The original message is not about vertical spacing. Instead, it refers
to inserting two *space characters* (corresponding to pressing the
SPACEBAR key twice on the keyboard) after each sentence.

--
Stefan Blom


"Ken Roper" Ken wrote in message
...
You should be able to go into the Format, Paragraph dialog box and
set the
spacing before or after a paragraph to 24 pts. Note: Don't set
both as this
will add 2 blank lines instead of one. This assumes that each
sentence ends
with a hard return, of course.

"DAL" wrote:

I'd like to set up my MSWord 2000 document so that there are two
spaces after
a sentence. The default seems to be a single space after a
sentence. Is there
an option to set this so it happens automatically. I couldn't find
anything
under the AutoCorrect feature.

[Terry A]

I did set my documents to have two spaces after a puncuation mark but I don't
remember how. I thought it was in Tools/Options but I don't see anything in
Word 2003. Does anyone know how to set the default for two spaces after a
sentence?

"DAL" wrote:

I'd like to set up my MSWord 2000 document so that there are two spaces after
a sentence. The default seems to be a single space after a sentence. Is there
an option to set this so it happens automatically. I couldn't find anything
under the AutoCorrect feature.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

There is no provision for this except that you can require the Grammar
Checker to mark occurrences of a single space after punctuation. Tools |
Options | Spelling & Grammar.

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Words into Type
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"Terry A" Terry wrote in message
...
I did set my documents to have two spaces after a puncuation mark but I
don't
remember how. I thought it was in Tools/Options but I don't see anything
in
Word 2003. Does anyone know how to set the default for two spaces after a
sentence?

"DAL" wrote:

I'd like to set up my MSWord 2000 document so that there are two spaces
after
a sentence. The default seems to be a single space after a sentence. Is
there
an option to set this so it happens automatically. I couldn't find
anything
under the AutoCorrect feature.

[Don Ellis[_2_]]

Interestingly, I noticed your question because I was about to ask for
a recurring macro that would replace all occurrences of two spaces
with one (and then stop), rather than the simple search-and-replace
multiple times that I'm doing now.

In searching Google, here's the first link I found (which may help
you):

http://wordtips.vitalnews.com/Pages/..._a_Period.html

Since the advent of word processing programs with proportional type,
there is an argument to follow typesetting rules (1 space) rather than
typewriting rules (2 spaces).

http://www.itcfonts.com/Ulc/4111/Top...adcampaign=IMP

I leave it to you.

Don


On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:06:03 -0700, Terry A Terry
wrote:

I did set my documents to have two spaces after a puncuation mark but I don't
remember how. I thought it was in Tools/Options but I don't see anything in
Word 2003. Does anyone know how to set the default for two spaces after a
sentence?

"DAL" wrote:

I'd like to set up my MSWord 2000 document so that there are two spaces after
a sentence. The default seems to be a single space after a sentence. Is there
an option to set this so it happens automatically. I couldn't find anything
under the AutoCorrect feature.

[Terry A[_2_]]

That is exactly what I did before. Thanks Don, for jogging my memory and
also the link to Words Tips.

"Don Ellis" wrote:


Interestingly, I noticed your question because I was about to ask for
a recurring macro that would replace all occurrences of two spaces
with one (and then stop), rather than the simple search-and-replace
multiple times that I'm doing now.

In searching Google, here's the first link I found (which may help
you):

http://wordtips.vitalnews.com/Pages/..._a_Period.html

Since the advent of word processing programs with proportional type,
there is an argument to follow typesetting rules (1 space) rather than
typewriting rules (2 spaces).

http://www.itcfonts.com/Ulc/4111/Top...adcampaign=IMP

I leave it to you.

Don


On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:06:03 -0700, Terry A Terry
wrote:

I did set my documents to have two spaces after a puncuation mark but I don't
remember how. I thought it was in Tools/Options but I don't see anything in
Word 2003. Does anyone know how to set the default for two spaces after a
sentence?

"DAL" wrote:

I'd like to set up my MSWord 2000 document so that there are two spaces after
a sentence. The default seems to be a single space after a sentence. Is there
an option to set this so it happens automatically. I couldn't find anything
under the AutoCorrect feature.