Re: Easiest Way of Proof Reading in Word
- From: "harry bates" <hdbates@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 15:32:05 -0400
Thanks to James and Judith, For james for letting the message through and
for Judith for teaching me how to figure out how you can tell the length or
width of the blanks with jaws. I consider this valuable and useable
information.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Judith Bron" <jbron@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 2:54 PM
Subject: Re: Easiest Way of Proof Reading in Word
> To find out just how wide your blank space is try going through it with
> your
> right arrow key. The space is measured by how many times jaws
> says"blank".
> Judith
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sean McMahon" <smcmahon@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 2:29 PM
> Subject: Re: Easiest Way of Proof Reading in Word
>
>
>> I'm guessing this relates to jaws because you want jaws to announce when
> there's
>> a doublespace when reading the document line by line or in say-all mode?
> I'd
>> like jaws to announce white space chars. For example, jaws just says
> blank when
>> that blank may be a tab, a series of space chars, some non-printing chars
> that
>> aren't recognized by jaws. Knowing what the white space char is is
> critical
>> when you program. Computers really are dumber then a post.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 8:07 AM
>> Subject: Re: Easiest Way of Proof Reading in Word
>>
>>
>> > It isn't exactly a "rule" in any universal sense. As we've discussed,
> it's
>> > a matter of taste, about which different sources of "authority" in the
> world
>> > of written things express differing opinions. This isn't an issue
>> > about
>> > Word, but about preference. Whereas it's a definite no-no to leave two
>> > spaces between words by accident, it's just a matter of taste or the
>> > preference of your specific editor, work supervisor or college English
> comp
>> > teacher what you decide to do about it.
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Troy Burnham" <tburnham@xxxxxxxxx>
>> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 4:19 AM
>> > Subject: Re: Easiest Way of Proof Reading in Word
>> >
>> >
>> > I still put two spaces after periods and haven't been told any
> different,
>> > and since I work as a medical transcriptionist I would think that that
> rule
>> > would apply if it means that much. Just my two cents.
>> > Troy
>> >
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "G.W. Cox" <gwcox2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 11:13 PM
>> > Subject: Re: Easiest Way of Proof Reading in Word
>> >
>> >
>> > 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>
>> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > 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>
>> > > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > > 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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