How do I automate cursor to advance two spaces after a (.)?

[Guest]

I'm writing a term paper for a school project. Is their an automatic
configuration available to advance the cursor two spaces after a sentence
ends with a period (.).

 

[Opinicus]

I'm writing a term paper for a school project. Is their an automatic
configuration available to advance the cursor two spaces after a sentence
ends with a period (.).

Modern proportional typefaces do not require "two spaces after a sentence
ends with a period". Moreover how is a program to distinguish between the
periods in a sentence like "Watch Mr. Wizard make a fool of himself
tonight."

I don't want Word inserting two spaces after "Mr." and neither should you.

 

[Guest]

The only help Word can give you is to check whether or not you've used two
spaces consistently.

Click Tools > Options > Spelling & Grammar. In the Grammar area, click the
Settings button. You'll see an option for "Spaces required between
sentences." You can set this to 2. Then click OK to get back to the Options
dialog box.

To check as you go, while still on the Spelling & Grammar tab, check the
"Check grammar as you type" check box. A squiggly green line will appear when
you only put one space between sentences.

To leave the checking to the end, clear that check box, but check the "Check
grammar with spelling" check box, and remember to spell check after you're
done writing the paper.

Bear

 

[LH]

I'm writing a term paper for a school project. Is their an automatic
configuration available to advance the cursor two spaces after a sentence
ends with a period (.).

I'm unaware of such an automatic configuration, but the question is
why would you want it? The fonts one typically uses (Times New Roman,
etc.) in a document are proportional fonts, where using one space
after the period is sufficient and follows typographical conventions.
You can look it up in the Chicago Manual of Style . It really is an
issue only when using monospaced fonts (such as a true Courier). Non-
proportional fonts aren't used that much for whole documents these
days -- it is somewhat common to use a monospace font when depicting
examples of computer code, or in certain email systems, but for the
most part the monospaced fonts are used in limited doses, and the
proportional font is used in the majority of the document.

If after all this, you are still looking to add two spaces after a
period, I believe you would have to get involved with VBA.