Re: Easiest Way of Proof Reading in Word

  • From: "G.W. Cox" <gwcox2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 22:13:43 -0600

Are you confusing double spacing, as in line spacing, with two spaces 
after a period at the end of a sentence?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Judith Bron" <jbron@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 9:24 PM
Subject: Re: Easiest Way of Proof Reading in Word


Then why do some publishers still prefer the double spacing?  I'm sure 
that
there are those who don't care but for those of us who learned typing in
high school back in the day when windows were only used to look out of 
this
formatting is second nature.  Judith
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dale Leavens" <dleavens@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 11:09 PM
Subject: Re: Easiest Way of Proof Reading in Word


> Actually the graphic arts people now recommend against the double 
> space
with proportional fonts. IT causes what are known as rivers of white 
which
meander down a page. Double spacing following the period was helpful 
with
fixed fonts as produced on a typewriter because the thinner letters left
white space in patches which meant that the wider spaces of a double 
space
were more easily recognized and the appearance was not so obvious with
already more white space.
>
> So, with the advent of our more modern technology the need or desire 
> has
changed. It was never the case for type face printing where the 
appearance
was more easily adjusted by the type setter according to aesthetics.
>
>
> Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada
> DLeavens@xxxxxxx
> Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Francis Daniels" <fdaniels@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 2:56 PM
> Subject: Re: Easiest Way of Proof Reading in Word
>
>
> > The University of Perdue, online writing guide for business English,
> > specifies double space after sentences.  It's what is taught in any
business
> > English class.  I'm teaching business English here and it's what we
teach.
> > Not that difficult to do and just becomes part of anything you 
> > write.
> >
> > Francis
> >
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