Re: Spacing in Word XP

Subject: Re: Spacing in Word XP
From: "Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- editors-writers -dot- info>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 20:03:17 -0400

I would advise against doing it automatically, because Word cannot distinguish
between ends of sentences and abbreviations.

Bonnie Granat
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Fleming" <johntwrl -at- hotmail -dot- com>



On Sat, 16 Aug 2003 11:21:54 -0700, in bit.listserv.techwr-l
dgroseclose1 -at- comcast -dot- net ("Don Groseclose") wrote:

> $I'm running into a lot of single spaces after periods in documents I'm
> $editing and it takes forever to arrow-key through and count spaces. My eye
> $isn't refined enough to catch them at a glance. Can Word XP search for
> $instances of only one space rather than two at the end of sentences?

If you want to replace a period followed by a single space, one
option is a double pass.

Using REPLACE, on the first pass, replace every period followed
by a space with a period followed by two spaces.

Because this will convert any existing period followed by two
spaces into a period followed by three spaces, the second pass is
necessary to convert replace these with a period followed by two
spaces.

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References:
Spacing in Word XP: From: Don Groseclose
Re: Spacing in Word XP: From: John Fleming

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