That being said, the purpose of this tip is to explain how you can adjust your typing for the spacing you prefer. (Tom, I trust you will make your own educated decision about whether two spaces after a period is really necessary in this day and age.)
There are, quite honestly, good reasons to do such spacing, and equally good reasons to not do it. I'm not going to get into considerations of what is right or wrong when it comes to spacing between sentences.
It is interesting that every time a question about inter-sentence spacing comes up, I receive a flurry of messages indicating either that two spaces is a good idea or that two spaces represents poor form.
Dialog box stating number of replacements Select No if you only want the replacements in the text you selected in step 3.įigure 14.Select Yes if you want to expand the replacements to your whole document.A dialog box will report the number of replacements.Alternatively, you can type a specific size into the text box at the top of the menu. Select a larger or smaller font size in the Size menu in the Replace Font dialog box.(Disregard this step if your dialog box is already expanded.) Select the More button to expand the dialog box.Place your cursor in the Replace with text box and then press your spacebar once to create one space.Place your cursor in the Find what text box and then press your spacebar once to create one space.Select the Replace button in the Editing group to open the Find and Replace dialog box.The default space between words is based on your current font size. Take note of your current font size in the Font Size menu.( Pro Tip: Press Ctrl + A to select the entire document.) Select the part of the text you want to change.(Optional) Select the Show/Hide button in the Paragraph group to reveal your document’s formatting.
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