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Apr 12, 2020
5:48
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Martin Van Nostrand
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Someone reports Microsoft Word will recognize 2 spaces after period as an error
Some random guy so maybe wrong but I welcome this change that could encourage old people to move to a more excellent way.
softpedia
End of an Era: Microsoft Word Now Flagging Two Spaces After Period as an Error
Microsoft makes controversial change in Word
https://news.softpedia.com/news/end-of-an-era-microsoft-word-now-flagging-two-spaces-after-period-as-an-error-529706.shtml
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Someone reports Microsoft Word will recognize 2 spaces after period as an error
Martin Van Nostrand
4/12/20 5:48pm
That's terrible. When did they decide to change the standard to one space?
RealComfortableJeans
4/12/20 5:56pm
A long time ago.
TCuz
4/12/20 5:57pm
That's not helpful. They were still teaching two spaces as recently as 20 years
RealComfortableJeans
4/12/20 6:02pm
No they weren’t. You were just taught wrong.
TCuz
4/12/20 6:02pm
California public schools, so it's possible. At any rate, do you have anything
RealComfortableJeans
4/12/20 6:04pm
That's not true at all. It depends on the style guide used. The political
Hypnotoad
4/12/20 6:05pm
I don’t think they teach 8 year old keyboard classes in political science departments
TCuz
4/12/20 6:07pm
I can tell you that style was part of the grade and we received lower grades if
Hypnotoad
4/12/20 6:10pm
I’m not questioning that at all.
TCuz
4/12/20 6:13pm
Why the snide remarks?
BYU'01
4/12/20 6:49pm
I’m not saying they aren’t and it wasn’t meant to be a snide comment.
TCuz
4/12/20 6:58pm
Are 8 year olds the only school students?
mobius
4/12/20 7:16pm
20 years ago for me = high school business communications class.
RealComfortableJeans
4/12/20 9:13pm
I learned 2 finger-widths after a period in kindergarten. I didn't unlearn it
Pedant
4/12/20 6:02pm
After Type writers were no longer needed
ExitStageLeft
4/12/20 6:11pm
I learned it in kindergarten in 2000-ish and then was told by my first grade
LilToney
4/12/20 7:03pm
False doctrine. Word processors automatically put in more space. You have never
zonacougar
4/12/20 7:45pm
Is it not possible to select the styleguide you use and have it
Hypnotoad
4/12/20 6:05pm
Whenever I review docs for my director I have to do a find and replace to remove
Salami Karate
4/12/20 6:05pm
According to this thread "old people" includes people in their 30s and 40s.
RealComfortableJeans
4/12/20 6:08pm
Grew up with two spaces. Switched to one space 10 years ago. Two spaces looks
WDaddy
4/12/20 6:59pm
RE: Someone reports Microsoft Word will recognize 2 spaces after period as an
Setpoint
4/12/20 6:11pm
Yes please!
ebv
4/12/20 6:14pm
The one vs two space after a period question is far from settled.
RealComfortableJeans
4/12/20 6:19pm
Yup. Lots of old people still alive and in charge of standards.
TCuz
4/12/20 6:24pm
APA 7th is officially one space. Thats all that matters to me
Backcountry
4/12/20 6:25pm
Shallow definitions/rules cited in this thread
ColoSpgs
4/12/20 6:29pm
Right. That's why I was asking if it is possible to tell Word what style guide
Hypnotoad
4/12/20 6:33pm
Shame. Two spaces is correct so that things are easier to read. Should we do
Misteak
4/12/20 7:03pm
I grew up a two spacer. When one space became more common, I switched cuz it
WDaddy
4/12/20 7:13pm
And this is why kids don’t pause at the end of a sentence when reading.
Misteak
4/13/20 12:59am
So we can have thousands of fonts available, but no room for a two-space
Misteak
4/12/20 7:06pm
Never change man. Something tells me that I don't have to worry.
Cheesy Gordita
4/12/20 7:19pm
You are probably willing to go along with the ‘decision’ to downgrade Pluto
Misteak
4/12/20 7:44pm
Yeah, and they won’t even publish textbooks with pics of Obama in lizard form!
CommodoreCoug
4/12/20 8:00pm
RE: Yeah, and they won’t even publish textbooks with pics of Obama in
Misteak
4/12/20 8:06pm
Found the comic sans guy.
shimmy
4/12/20 7:21pm
You can still do two spaces, just like you can still send your document full of
zonacougar
4/12/20 7:47pm
Revisionist history. Go ahead and Google ‘Find and Replace’. That tip is on me
Misteak
4/12/20 7:58pm
I can't tell you how tired I get of removing spaces from documents written by
zonacougar
4/12/20 7:38pm
^^^ Doesn’t know about Find and Replace ^^^
Misteak
4/12/20 7:59pm
Oh, I'm intimately aware. Sadly used much too often.
zonacougar
4/12/20 11:19pm
Correcting unimportant non-errors.
Misteak
4/13/20 12:37am
All of you that care about this:
fattycoug
4/12/20 9:27pm
They can have my two spaces after a period right after they peel my
RalphWiggam
4/13/20 6:56pm
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