How prevent space being pushed to next line at end of sentence

[Guest]

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?

 

[Jezebel]

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.

 

[garfield-n-odie [MVP]]

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

 

[Guest]

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

 

[Guest]

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

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

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
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Words into Type
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[Guest]

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!

 

[Jezebel]

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

 

[Jezebel]

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

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

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

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Hope this helps.

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[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

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

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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