[mso] Re: One or Two Spaces Between Sentences?
- From: "Anne Robson" <anne.robson2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 09:44:02 +0100
I've recently moved companies and discovered (by accident yesterday) that we
have an inhouse style guide which INSISTS on two spaces still. I guess
there is a divide between business correspondence and desktop based work
which will always exist, plus a certain amount of transatlantic variation!
<g> here also!
A
-----Original Message-----
From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Dian D. Chapman
Sent: 07 August 2006 21:47
To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [mso] Re: One or Two Spaces Between Sentences?
<g>
Sorry, didn't mean to ruin your day...but it is SO EASY to see someone who
has learned/had design training and who hasn't...cos' one uses one space the
other uses two spaces.
I explained this in my MS Office class the other day and there's always
one/two in the class that looks shocked, too. My student has now been
practicing for weeks to remember ONE SPACE, ONE SPACE. He has one more week
to practice until I start taking points off for two spaces! <vbeg>
Dian D. Chapman
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-----Original Message-----
From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Anne Robson
Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 6:27 AM
To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [mso] Re: One or Two Spaces Between Sentences?
Dian! I'm shocked! LOL
One exceedingly professional typist person by training with hurt feelings.
(that's two spaces there btw) ;)
LOL
Anne
-----Original Message-----
From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Dian D. Chapman
Sent: 07 August 2006 07:03
To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [mso] Re: One or Two Spaces Between Sentences?
ONE SPACE!
Amateurs use two. PERIOD!
A typewriter needed two, but a computer is proportional spacing and knows
what a period is. Granted, if you are using a non-proportional font, such as
courier, then two would help clarify the spacing. But for a professional
document with proportional spacing on a computer...use ONE after all
punctuation.
Dian D. Chapman
Technical Consultant, Microsoft MVP
MOS Certified, Editor/TechTrax
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