How can I stop a double-click including the space after a word

[Susmu]

When I double-click to select a word or a number in Word, the space that
follows is automatically selected as well. Is there any way to change the
double-click option to select only the text or the number please?
Thank you so much

 

[Mashuganah]

This might work in Word 2007:
1. Click the Window icon and then click Word Options
2. Click Advanced
3. Un-check the "When selecting, automatically select entire word" option

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Unfortunately, that *doesn't* work. If a word is followed by punctuation, it
won't be included, but a space will. That's evidently by design, and there's
no way around it (at least none that I know of) in any version.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Peter T. Daniels]

Though it does mean that when you've selected a whole word, you don't
have to type the space at the end of the replacement word (and
replacing one word with another is probably the most common kind of
replacement; they probably rightly assume that most replacements of
letters _within_ words is taken care of by spellcheck).

Word also puts/doesn't put spaces after/before punctuation when you
move words selected by double-clicking into places after/before
punctuation marks.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

For replacements, that certainly makes sense. The problem is that, when I
double-click on a word it's usually for formatting, which I *don't* want to
apply to the following space.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

Though it does mean that when you've selected a whole word, you don't
have to type the space at the end of the replacement word (and
replacing one word with another is probably the most common kind of
replacement; they probably rightly assume that most replacements of
letters _within_ words is taken care of by spellcheck).

Word also puts/doesn't put spaces after/before punctuation when you
move words selected by double-clicking into places after/before
punctuation marks.

 

[Tony Jollans]

Word is perfectly capable of that kind of intelligent behaviour without
actually selecting the space. For example, select a word followed by
punctuation and just the word is selected; delete it and the preceding space
is deleted as well.

--
Enjoy,
Tony

www.WordArticles.com

Though it does mean that when you've selected a whole word, you don't
have to type the space at the end of the replacement word (and
replacing one word with another is probably the most common kind of
replacement; they probably rightly assume that most replacements of
letters _within_ words is taken care of by spellcheck).

Word also puts/doesn't put spaces after/before punctuation when you
move words selected by double-clicking into places after/before
punctuation marks.