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Subject:Re: Spacing after a period... From:Peter Brown <pbrown -at- MKS -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 2 Jul 1997 11:08:49 -0400
Stacey Marner wrote:
> 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
I don't use a Macintosh every day, but I've never witnessed it forcing a
double space after periods. I suppose you could use Word 6.0/7.0's
Autocorrect feature to replace a period followed by a space with a
period and two spaces, if you were that obsessed with it.
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