Double space at end of the sentence?

Patti Barden

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Aug 1, 2002, 5:51:37 AM8/1/02

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Hello,
I have a long document which I would like to have the Spell Check/Grammar
Check make sure I have double spaced at the end of each sentence. Is there
a way I can set this?

If I do a find and replace, then it double spaces after each period (full
stop).
Thank you.
Patti

RSD99

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Aug 1, 2002, 8:34:46 AM8/1/02

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Please see
"The Rules of Typography"
http://www.fontsite.com/Pages/RulesOfType/ROT0997.html

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Antony

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Aug 2, 2002, 6:58:57 AM8/2/02

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Hello,

You can have Word require two spaces after a sentence
so that fewer than two spaces or more than two spaces
will be marked as a grammatical error.

Go to Tools | Options | Spelling & Grammar and click on
Settings button in the Grammar section. Set the spaces
required between sentences to two, and then click on the
Recheck Document button.

This will do what you ask for, but please heed RSD99's
advice to never put two spaces after a full stop. The
/only/ time two spaces should be allowed is when you are
following a strict style guide that insists that you do so.

Hope this helps,

Antony
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RMF

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Aug 2, 2002, 8:00:38 AM8/2/02

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Hi all,

Antony wrote:
[..]

> This will do what you ask for, but please heed RSD99's
> advice to never put two spaces after a full stop. The
> /only/ time two spaces should be allowed is when you are
> following a strict style guide that insists that you do so.

and/or when you are using a fixed-width font like Courier etc... the
only case that using double-spaces might make sense IMHO.

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Terry Farrell

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Aug 2, 2002, 5:57:57 PM8/2/02

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But only possibly make sense!!! <g>

Terry Farrell

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RMF

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Aug 4, 2002, 7:51:24 AM8/4/02

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Hi Terry,

Terry Farrell wrote:
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> But only possibly make sense!!! <g>

well, in terms of readability, I think it does >> that's where that rule
must have come from, no?

Greetinx
.bob
..who reads and writes all Usenet-stuff in Courier New :-)

Suzanne S. Barnhill

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Aug 4, 2002, 11:48:13 AM8/4/02

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Yes, it's a relic of the typewriter era, when almost all typewriters were
monospaced (except for the legendary IBM Executive and some more recent
electronic typewriters with printwheels). And typewriter rules do still
apply to Courier, Letter Gothic, and other monospaced fonts. You'll also see
double spaces after periods in typeset text from some periods, as a perusal
of a selection of older books will show.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Words into Type
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Antony Scriven

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Aug 4, 2002, 4:51:49 PM8/4/02

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Hello,

Well, I've never understood this. Two spaces after a full stop in a
monospaced typeface is a /huge/ gap. I don't find it easier to read,
even on-screen. I think this is a secretary's myth and has nothing
to do with typesetting.

It also seems to be more of an American thing. I've read a lot of
monospaced text (computer documentation etc., not books), and
files from Europe mostly have one space after the full stop and files
from the US mostly have two spaces after the full stop. And I've
found an Adobe text file with a horrible mixture of the two -- shame
on them!

However, like many things, I guess it's down to personal preference.
But I find that a full stop, followed by one space, followed by a capital
letter to be enough of a division between sentences, no matter what
the typeface.

My two pence.

Antony
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Terry Farrell

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Aug 4, 2002, 5:41:06 PM8/4/02

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Antony

There have been many discussions about this subject previously and the only
conclusion made was that it is definitely inappropriate for standard fonts.
Whether it is appropriate for monospaced fonts seems to be inconclusive
though the majority say it is should not be used.

Personally, I don't believe that it should ever be used. White space is the
enemy of good readability. If the correct font and good quality printing is
used with good writing, sentence endings do not need any artificial
emphasis.

Terry Farrell

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Patti Barden

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Aug 4, 2002, 6:49:44 AM8/4/02

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Thanks to all who helped me. Guess what I was taught so many years ago in
typing class was that you double spaced at the end of a sentence is no
longer the rule.
Patti

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