FWIW, I agree with Dian. Same background, learned on a manual when there were only two fonts--elite and courier. I started my 'typesetting' on nuclear standard operating procedures...And as Dian said, that for me was more than 15 years ago... The reason being was that typography equipment 'allowed' coding to make spacing and 'fonts' scaleable or typeset... Gosh... Now that I think of it, I can still recall typsetting equipment codes... No wonder my brain is full... I have to explain the two spaces to one, almost daily now. And the way I explain it is this... We have technology that allows us to have scaleable fonts. It used to be that to get "Milk" typed on a typewriter, it took the same amout of space, although the i and l are skinnier, the M and k are a bit wider. Now, with scaleable fonts, the 'letter' or font decides how much space it needs to take up. Scaleable fonts actually help the reader's eye to follow the words across the column...and yes, there is more to that as well... When and when not to use a san serif font vs. a serif font...another explanation for later... Elite and Courier on a typewriter are monospaced fonts. Mono meaning one, and it is the same if it is a W or an l. With that said, the 'space' after a period, follows the same 'font' spacing as the letters and obviously does not take up as much space as a W, M, or K. However, it does take up 'space.' And, now that we have "typesetting" built in to Word and most of our printers these days (meaning those that will print scaleable fonts), we "should" follow typesetting rules... Only they sort of left out that class... We went straight to typesetting... =)) Hope that helps make sense of the period space space, that should now be period space for the most part. =) Camille -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dian D. Chapman Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 11:26 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: One or Two Spaces Between Sentences? Personally, I don't believe it is the AGE that causes folks to continue to do what they learned, but more their attitudes. Some people just refuse to change...others learn to change with the times. I learned to type on a manual typewriter in HS and spent YEARS typing away on a Selectric...using 2 spaces. Then I moved to a PC and was fortunate to be sent to a typography course by my boss when I started to learn graphic design to do our company brochures and books...BECAUSE they wanted them to look professional. I learned about 15 years ago to use one space, en/em dashes, blah, blah. It basically the difference between producing documentation that looks like it was created by a professional who knows the rules of proper typography...or producing documentation by someone who learned to type on a typewriter and has never evolved as a professional. Don't mean to sound elitist...it's just a fact. Feel free to share my comments with your "stuck in the mud" bosses!<g> And you might want to pass along this link which explains it nicely... http://www.getitwriteonline.com/archive/011803.htm Dian D. Chapman Technical Consultant, Microsoft MVP MOS Certified, Editor/TechTrax Free MS Tutorials: http://www.mousetrax.com/techtrax Free Word eBook: http://www.mousetrax.com/books.html Optimize your business docs: http://www.mousetrax.com/consulting Learn VBA the easy way: http://www.mousetrax.com/techcourses.html -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Christine Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 9:40 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: One or Two Spaces Between Sentences? I too work in an organization that insists on two spaces. However, the question is starting to be raised by some of the newer employees. Of course the managers and supervisors insist on it being two spaces, so I agree that age probably has something to do with it and I think that it will change over time, as the new folks move into management. Christine -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Linda F. Johnson Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 6:48 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: One or Two Spaces Between Sentences? Here in the states, the organizations which dictate policy for writing college and post graduate research papers and theses, etc., (organizations like APA and MLA, etc.) all require ONE space ... And when I wrote my book for Wiley, they required one space too. Actually, writing the book is where I FINALLY got used to one space. Up to that point, it was something I had to keep reminding myself. Now it's just habit. Age is definitely a factor here. Those of us who used to use typewriters have had to learn this. The younger generation who have grown up with computers NEVER used two spaces to begin with. Linda F. Johnson Linda's Computer Stop Author, MOS: Excel 2003 Study Guide, published by John Wiley and Sons http://personal-computer-tutor.com -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Anne Robson Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 4:44 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: One or Two Spaces Between Sentences? 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! 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