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re: When typing a word document do you use one space or two spaces after the period?
Posted on 6/3/14 at 2:31 pm to CE Tiger
Posted on 6/3/14 at 2:31 pm to CE Tiger
Two spaces with a fixed width font. If it's a proportional spaced font it doesn't make any difference because it will automatically adjust the spacing. I learned touch typing years ago and two spaces is hard-wired into my muscle memory.
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Posted on 6/3/14 at 2:31 pm to CE Tiger
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or someone who follows the mla handbook
MLA says one or two are both acceptable. They use one in their examples but specifically say there is nothing wrong with two unless you are writing for a specific editor, etc that requires one.
I personally find two more aesthetically pleasing and reader-friendly, so I'll stick with that.
Posted on 6/3/14 at 2:33 pm to CE Tiger
I stick with 2 because I'm used to 2 and think it just works better.
Posted on 6/3/14 at 2:33 pm to elposter
I grew up doing two spaces... never even heard about it being conventional to only use one until reading it on this board. I still use two, it would be a really hard habit to break, and it doesn't really matter anyway.
Posted on 6/3/14 at 2:40 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
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It's two. The entire foundation of society depends on this.
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Two and I will never change.
Posted on 6/3/14 at 2:41 pm to WPBTiger
sounds like you old farts just enjoy wasting space.
Posted on 6/3/14 at 2:41 pm to CE Tiger
2 spaces following each sentence is what I continue to see in most everything I read. 
Posted on 6/3/14 at 2:42 pm to CE Tiger
The answer is two spaces. That is a fact. I think we learned that the first day of typewriting class in high school. (I'm not sure if Word existed yet, just a basic rule of typing).
Posted on 6/3/14 at 2:46 pm to CE Tiger
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sounds like you old farts just enjoy wasting space.
Taking up space and hanging on to all the good jobs is what we old farts do. Eat your heart out, sonny.
Posted on 6/3/14 at 2:50 pm to CQQ
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Always 2 after period, 1 after comma
This is what I was taught on a real typewriter.
Posted on 6/3/14 at 2:51 pm to CE Tiger
2. That’s how I was taught.
My office works in wordperfect, so the more archaic, the better.
My office works in wordperfect, so the more archaic, the better.
Posted on 6/3/14 at 2:53 pm to TigerPox
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My office works in wordperfect
Oh wow. I didn't realize there were still some institutions hanging on.
Posted on 6/3/14 at 2:56 pm to Mo Jeaux
I try to do new documents in Word whenever I have the chance, just to keep my skills up to par. The majority of our documents we work in are very old and the conversions to word are a bitch.
Posted on 6/3/14 at 3:01 pm to CE Tiger
There was a thread on this a few months ago. The standard used to be two spaces, but one spaces is more broadly accepted now.
Personally, I find two spaces easier to read, but others say they think one space looks neater.
Unless you are writing a formal document that requires a particular style, my suggestion would be to pick a method and be consistent.
Personally, I find two spaces easier to read, but others say they think one space looks neater.
Unless you are writing a formal document that requires a particular style, my suggestion would be to pick a method and be consistent.
Posted on 6/3/14 at 3:12 pm to CE Tiger
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or someone who follows the mla handbook
Or the APA handbook. Oh wait, APA says two spaces.
ETA: I'm also only 26
This post was edited on 6/3/14 at 3:17 pm
Posted on 6/3/14 at 3:12 pm to CE Tiger
Slate had an article about this awhile back. Apparently the two-space convention happened because "back in the day" of real typewriters proportional fonts didn't exist, and having two spaces made it easier to visually distinguish one sentence from the next.
Now with proportional fonts this isn't really a problem anymore, so one space is all that is required.
My rule is that if I'm writing up something for someone over 50, I use two spaces. Otherwise I use one.
Now with proportional fonts this isn't really a problem anymore, so one space is all that is required.
My rule is that if I'm writing up something for someone over 50, I use two spaces. Otherwise I use one.
Posted on 6/3/14 at 3:15 pm to CE Tiger
Two. One looks so barbaric.
Posted on 6/3/14 at 3:16 pm to CE Tiger
I was taught two spaces in keyboarding class in high school. I have since switched to one space as a professional.
Posted on 6/3/14 at 3:16 pm to CE Tiger
2. double tap on the iphone and it enters a period 
Posted on 6/3/14 at 3:16 pm to CE Tiger
I'm a proposal manager and we deal with page limits all-the-effing time. So we always use 1 space. That extra space can save you some lines over the course of a document. And space is very valuable in proposals.
It's easy to fix a document that has 2 spaces. Just do a find and replace. Find ".(spacebar)(spacebar)" and replace with ".(spacebar)"
It's easy to fix a document that has 2 spaces. Just do a find and replace. Find ".(spacebar)(spacebar)" and replace with ".(spacebar)"
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