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? Boy, would I like to see the complete reference for that statement! I
don't see how an application, especially Word, would allow the operating
system to dictate how it controls character spacing. Maybe TeachText
puts in extra spaces?
Michael Collier
mikecol -at- sbservices -dot- com
SOFTBANK Services Group
Buffalo, NY http://www.sbservices.com
> I have a friend who said that in the book _The Mac Is Not a
> Typewriter_ it affirms that two spaces is correct form. It also
> states that, at least on a MacIntosh, the computer automatically
> doubles the space after a period. I don't work with a MacIntosh so I
> don't know if that's true. It certainly doesn't seem to be true with
> my machine and I'm using Word 6.0. Anybody?
>
> Stacey Marner
> marners -at- mantech-wva -dot- com
>
>
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