One Space or Two?

I do not care if they use one or two if there is no standard, as long as they are consistent.

 

The standard here at degreeinfo is obviously one space after periods.XXAnd this standard is rigorously enforced by BBCode, which automatically "fixes" any additional spaces.XXSo the degreeinfo "style" is also completely consistent.XXThere are some 475,000 posts here, and none of them have multiple spaces after periods.XXIt's just not the way that things are done on this board.

 

I always use two spaces (most of the documents I write must be in Arial 12 pt). I checked some of my prior posts and they looked liked single space. Is a BBCode realy used (whatever that is)?
However your post looks like it uses two spaces.

 

This is a test. One space was entered after the previous period.
This is a test. Two spaces were entered after the previous period.
This is a test. Three spaces were entered after the previous period.
This is a test. Four spaces were entered after the previous period.

See any difference in the spacing after the period? No? That's because BBCode doesn't believe in multiple spaces. It "fixes" them automatically for you. Try it for yourself.

That was a joke. To create the effect of extra spaces, I entered "XX" after each period, then set the color to white so the "XX" was invisible. If you really want the appearance of extra spaces after each period, you can put the following code after each period, instead of spaces:

(COLOR="white")XX(/COLOR)

You just have to replace the parentheses () with square brackets [].

 

Incidentally my Office 2010 has two spaces as standard (if I type one space I get a green error symbol). I tried searching to see if I could change to one space but did not find an answer.

 

Word and Outlook have a "Spaces required between sentences" setting in the grammar checking options.
You can pick between three choices:

- don't check spaces between sentences.
- 1 space is considered correct.
- 2 spaces are considered correct.

The "don't check" option is the default.

 

Thanks for the info.

Slight departure from the topic but can you tell me how to set WYSIWYG in Word 2010?
(this was easy to do in Word 7). I've searched quite a lot (on-line and in book stores) but failed to find answer.

 

I've been a heavy Microsoft Word user for many years -- but to tell you the truth, I don't normally work with Word 2010 (or Word 2013 for that matter). I typically use Word 2011 on Mac, and I still use Word 2007 on Windows.

I do have free access to Word 2010 but I'm basically content with Word 2007. I'm not aware of any compelling new features that I'm missing out on, and I haven't experienced any compatibility issues. So I keep delaying the upgrade.

I could look at Word 2010, but I'm not sure I understand your question. Are you asking how to switch to "Print Layout" view?

 

What I would like to do is just have word 2010 accept exactly what I type without Word modifying my input.

Some examples:

• The line spacing is different between paragraph heading and text,
• On a new line Word capitalizes either the first letter or symbol (such as formula or in subparagraph numbering - some clients want me to use a I,A,1,a format)
• When I start a new line with (c) Word gives me the copyright symbol.

It takes lots of time sometimes in undoing Word "correction."

In Word 97 I could just set it WYSIWYG and no problems such as mentioned above and had zero issues.

[I just ordered a new PS and based on feedback I received decided to buy Windows 7 rather than Windows 8 -- I'm currently using Vista.]

Thanks.

 

For issues like these, you need to find and tweak the "AutoCorrect Options". For example, there is a "Replace Text as you type" option (which is on by default), and the first item on the list is (c) = ©. You probably also want turn off "Automatic Numbered Lists".

You probably want to edit the normal.dotm template. Back up the old one first in case something goes wrong.