How to set the number of spaces after the period at the end of asentence?

[Robert Macy]

May have been covered, but how do you set the spaces to automatically
be two spaces after the period at the end of a sentence?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You can't. The best you can do is set the Grammar options to alert you to
instances of only one space.

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

 

[Robert Macy]

You can't. The best you can do is set the Grammar options to alert you to
instances of only one space.

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

thank you for your reply, but I can't find how to do that, maybe it's
because i'm using word97 ??

 

[Greg Maxey]

This doesn't ensure two spaces automatically, but it does provide a process
for adding spaces as necessary:

http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Two_Spaces_After_Sentences.htm

--
Greg Maxey

See my web site http://gregmaxey.mvps.org
for an eclectic collection of Word Tips.

You can't. The best you can do is set the Grammar options to alert you to
instances of only one space.

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

thank you for your reply, but I can't find how to do that, maybe it's
because i'm using word97 ??

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Well, I don't have Word 97 available to check, and I'm not sure whether the
feature existed in that version, but in Word 2003, it's at Tools | Options |
Spelling & Grammar: Grammar: Settings: Spaces required between sentences. If
you select 2, then instances of a single space will be marked with a green
wavy underline (assuming you have "Check grammar as you type" enabled) or
will be marked as grammar errors when you run the grammar check manually.

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

You can't. The best you can do is set the Grammar options to alert you to
instances of only one space.

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

thank you for your reply, but I can't find how to do that, maybe it's
because i'm using word97 ??

 

[Terry Farrell]

But two spaces between sentences died with typewriters. Typewriters used
fixed-width spaces between letters regardless of their width: to make text
more readable, it needed double spaces so that the eye could clearly define
the ends of sentences.

Computers are clever and adjust the width used by characters and kern
characters so the stop and space between sentences obvious. In fact, double
spaces are kerned anyway. The result is not the same as double spaces using
a typewriter.

 

[Robert Macy]

This doesn't ensure two spaces automatically, but it does provide a process
for adding spaces as necessary:

http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Two_Spaces_After_Sentences.htm

--
Greg Maxey

See my web sitehttp://gregmaxey.mvps.org
for an eclectic collection of Word Tips.






thank you for your reply, but I can't find how to do that, maybe it's
because i'm using word97 ??

Thank you!

Plus, how to create the macro permanently, *and* add a shortcut, or
toolbar button!

Uh,...it doesn't turn 2 spaces into 3 does it?

 

[Robert Macy]

But two spaces between sentences died with typewriters. Typewriters used
fixed-width spaces between letters regardless of their width: to make text
more readable, it needed double spaces so that the eye could clearly define
the ends of sentences.

Computers are clever and adjust the width used by characters and kern
characters so the stop and space between sentences obvious. In fact, double
spaces are kerned anyway. The result is not the same as double spaces using
a typewriter.

Even with variable spacing, I don't spot the end of the line so well.
Plus, being taught touch typing, old habits die hard.