Microsoft now flagging two spaces after period an error

Hell, it's been that way in Word since I started using it about fifteen years ago -- they didn't ban it or anything but just in a round about way told you it was stupid to waste all that extra effort. Running my own business I was always one for efficiency. Not sure why you needed two spaces anyway other than perhaps it evolved in the typesetting for printers. As the old saying goes, good riddance. But before I get yelled at, if you want to keep using two spaces you can still do so. You don't have to correct flagged errors. And I doubt anyone will notice either way. Take care. Vern

And now we know the rest of the story, lol. Take care.

I learned to put two spaces after the end of a sentence when I first took typing on a manual typewriter in 1971. Eventually, I've stopped doing this.

Editors, proofers, and publishers care, Temple. Ever since typesetting left the manual stage, where two spaces were used to make the gaps clearer. Now, two spaces is considered wasteful of space and writers are asked to eliminate them and go for a single space.

Word can be set to flag (or not flag) the use of two spaces in the Options settings.

Bill

It's a wonderful example of a self-isolating brain trying to maintain a degree of sanity.

Just saying.....

Bobbie

Temple Wang wrote:

    It’s a tempest in a teacup.

This reminds me of when my kids learned something new in school, like the earth revolves around the sun and I had to act surprised to hear it.

Dirk's experience with Word is a lot different than mine. I've been using Word for 29 years and from his post I gather he's just moving to a Word program from a typewriter, maybe, and just discovered his double spacing habit would be flagged.

While I am surprised that Dirk even mentioned something I learned 29 years ago, I have to remember he just discovered it and to him it's a big deal.

Now, I could be mistaken and Dirk is just trying to start a conversation, if that's the case, never mind. I am just as bored as the rest of you and this 'tempest in a teacup...' got my mind on something else for a while.

I knew it! You brat!

That brings my previous novel to mind, John, because it was crap. I only admit this to see how long we can keep a thread about white space going.

Well, the pages were blank until they put "This space intentionally left blank" on them, which I guess could be rather moronic if you thought about it long enough, but I'm sure we're not going to do that. Right? Anyway, those pages are initially left blank (before the aforementioned addition) because there are times when additional pages might have to be added and instead of having to reset the entire book they simply use those pages to adjust the numbering and placement of the pages. Now, since we know that, why is it that all that maneuvering couldn't be done the way we move stuff around in Word or such programs. Well, I don't know and suppose someone could ask a printer and inform inquiring minds. We ae inquiring, right? At any rate, I'm just doing my part to keep the non-essential material flowing. Take care. Vern