Okay. As much as I like to encourage debate... what does 1 space vs.
2 spaces have to do with JAWS? If you'd like to continue that
particular debate, please do so off-list. I've already introduced one
person to the moderation features of the list after my last message.
James, List Admin
Hi, We've just had a discussion about this. Double spacing after a sentence while typing used to be standard, and now some sources of authority like the Chicago Manual of Style say single spacing is preferable, while others stay with two spaces. You can do whatever you like. As for Word, it's no authority on anything, particularly, and can't stop you from typing any way you like.
By the way, one thing seems to have gotten confused during this discussion, in case anyone noticed. It began as a question only about how to type. But in the thread, and even in an excerpt from the Chicago manual of Style, the typing issue got conflated with the use of spacing between sentences in printed material like books. This isn't the point. It was only about the execution and appearance of a typed document, whether on the computer or on hard copy. Actual printing is a different issue, and not one for us civilians to worry about unless we're involved in designing a book, a task I suspect few people with our average visual powers are likely to be called upon to perform.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Angel" <angel238@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 3:18 AM Subject: Re: Easiest Way of Proof Reading in Word
Is there a rule that says double spacing at the end of sentences is wrong. I have always done this Are there rules? Will word say you are wrong for double spacing before sentences. ----- Original Message ----- From: "G.W. Cox" <gwcox2@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 1:30 PM Subject: Re: Easiest Way of Proof Reading in Word
> Wrong on No. 3. Double spacing after a period at the end of a sentence > went out with the typewriter. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Edward Marquette" <emarquette@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 3:11 AM > Subject: Easiest Way of Proof Reading in Word > > > Here are some tips that actually work. > 1. If you turn on spell-check as you type, Word, even with tons of > memory, will sometimes give you an out of memory error. Plus, on all > but rocket fast machines, it slows down Word with JAWS running. > 2. Control Plus Shift plus E does not bring up a dialog box with a list > of errors, but then I don't have spell-check as you type turned on. On > my system, control plus shift plus E turns track changes on and off in > Word, a function I'm required to use often. So, that hot key choice was > unfortunate -- if the post was correct on that point. > 3. Always, always put two spaces between a period (and the like) and > the next sentence. Word generally will capitalize the first letter of > the sentence. I've never had a problem. > 4. In Configuration Manager for JAWS, while inside Word, go to text > processing, check "read with character, word, and line." That way, as > you read line-by-line through a document, you will hear capitalization. > 5. When in Word, press JAWS key plus the letter V. Near the bottom of > the list, there are a couple of capitalization options. Turn them on. > One is "say caps during say all." I canot remember the other. > 6. If you don't hear the pitch different for capital letters, either go > back to "voices" in the JAWS menu (JAWS key plus J) and increase the > pitch differential for upper case. In the alternative, have JAWS say > "cap" for capital letters. > 7. Press alt plus insert plus S. Pick one of the proof reading schemes > and, at least initially, turn on training mode. > 8. For words you know you frequently screw up, you can go to autotext > (in the Word tools menu). There, you can enter NO in solid caps, > putting the replacement word in lower case and upper case combined. > 9. You could also use the JAWS dictionary. When on NO (solid caps), > press JAWS key plus D. Add this word to the dictionary. To alert you, > type in something like "no in solid caps." That's what JAWS will say > whenever you type "NO" in solid caps. > You don't have to do all of the above. Some will be more to your liking > than others. > I wouldn't turn on the Word grammar checker if my life depended upon it. > Good luck. > -- > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to > jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw > > If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or > the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather > contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > -- > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw > > If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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