Re: One or two spaces

  • From: "Dave Mitchell" <Mitch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 17:56:40 -0700

Would this improve the appearance of Outlook Express e mail messages as well?
Thanks, Mitch from Geezerville
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: CrisMunoz54 
  To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 2:36 PM
  Subject: RE: One or two spaces


  Two spaces are from the days of the typewriter. Go one space. It'll look 
better.

   

   

   


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  From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
Adrian Spratt
  Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 2:33 PM
  To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Subject: RE: One or two spaces

   

  Hi, John. Just to save anyone a duplication of effort, this Wikipedia link is 
to the same article as the one given to us by G.W. Cox.

   


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  From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
john R. Vaughn
  Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 4:57 PM
  To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Subject: One or two spaces

  Adrian and list, interesting issue of whether to single or double space after 
the terminal punctuation for a sentence and the beginning of the next sentence. 
 Believe it or not, the link below is from wicipedia on the matter and I found 
this from doing a google search.

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentence_spacing#History

   

  As for me, always a double space bar between sentences, I am going to try the 
one space bar and and have sighted folks tell me if the MS Word program does 
infact do some sort of variable spacing to clearly indicate the end of one 
sentence and another.  

  John 

   


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  From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
Adrian Spratt
  Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 2:04 PM
  To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Subject: RE: please help

  Hi, Richard.

   

  You couch your argument in terms of blind computer users making sure their 
work looks as polished as our sighted colleagues. I agree with this concept, 
but you do it a disservice by flatly asserting that double spaces meet that 
objective. I was persuaded to switch to single spaces while using word 
processors by several sighted people who observed too much space at the ends of 
my sentences and by a man who has published the two standard texts on 
typesetting and typeset conventions.

   

  There may be special circumstances, such as the tab issue brought up by Ted 
Lisle, but the Wikipedia entry to which G.W. Cox sent a link lays out the 
history and current general preference.

   

  This is one of those questions that is very hard for us to grasp because the 
impact is purely visual. Unsupported, strongly worded assertions don't help.

   

  
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  From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
Richard P. Kelly
  Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 10:14 AM
  To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Subject: RE: please help

   

  Greetings all,

   

  Proper formatting of a print document still calls for two spaces at the end 
of a sentence, after a colon, and perhaps elsewhere. This remains true even 
with mono spaced or proportionally spaced fonts. New word processors often 
assure proper style is used if auto correct and grammar checking is on. Still, 
we want what we print to look as polished as what our sighted colleagues 
produce; if not better!

   

  Cordially, Richard P. Kelly rpkelly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

   

  rich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

   

  www.new-visions-network.com

   

  From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
Lisle, Ted (CHFS DMS)
  Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 6:50 AM
  To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Subject: RE: please help

   

  Now that's interesting. I Have seen one space from time to time, but never 
knew why. I sometimes long for the days of Pica and Elite, when laying out a 
document. In the immortal words of Edith Bunker, "You knew where you were 
then." However, I've managed to figure out which font-size combinations are 
functional equivalents of the old Pica, 10-space-per-horozontal-inch, format, 
and that's what I use. Vertical spacing will have to look after itself.

   

  Ted

   

  From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
Adrian Spratt
  Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 6:37 PM
  To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Subject: RE: please help

   

  I preface this suggestion by acknowledging there's a debate about whether 
there should be one or two spaces after the end of a sentence. Despite my 
pre-computer typing training, I have been convinced that modern print fonts 
mean that two spaces are no longer desirable. So the way I solve the problem 
you describe is to search for two spaces and replace with one space. If you 
think there might be an odd number of spaces, say three, then search for that 
number first and replace with a single space. Then search for all instances of 
a double space and replace with that single space.

   

  
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  From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
Hina
  Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 6:24 PM
  To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Subject: please help

   

  hi,

   

  i am writing a lots of reports and i did figure out formatting issues, but i 
am not sure how will i know if there are extra spaces between words, sentenses 
and paragraphs without reading word by word which is so time consuming? for 
sighted people, microsoft word highlights but is there any way to know with 
jaws? microsoft's spell checke option says that there is extra space and 
suppose to change it to make corrections, but they still remain and is there a 
way to deal with this issue with jaws?

   

  i would be very thankful for your help.

   

  hina.

   

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