It's official: one space after a full-stop, not two.
“As the crux of the great spacing debate, we know this is a stylistic choice that may not be the preference for all writers, which is why we continue to test with users and enable these suggestions to be easily accepted, ignored, or flat out dismissed in Editor,” Kirk Gregersen, partner director of program management at Microsoft, told The Verge. If you are determined to stick to your archaic ways, however, Word will allow you to ignore the suggestion. Microsoft has officially declared the double space an error.Īccording to The Verge, Microsoft has begun updating Word to highlight double spaces after a full-stop to indicate a mistake, suggesting users amend the typo to a single space. In the “Home” tab, navigate to the “Line Spacing” icon.Those who failed to transition from the typewriter days and insist on inserting two spaces after full-stop, your time is up. The first method uses the “Line Spacing” icon under the “Home” tab.
If you want to configure your document to automatically double space as you write, there are two ways to do it. RELATED: Undocumented Microsoft Word Feature: Insert Lorem Ipsum Text Option 1: Configure Document to Automatically Double Space Once you’ve generated your text or finished writing your document, it’s time to set your line spacing. Do this as many times as you like to create additional paragraphs. Simply open up a new document, click anywhere in the field, and type =lorem() to create some fancy Lorem Ipsum text. If you don’t have anything written yet, you can use a cool trick from the 2007 version of Microsoft Word (that still exists in the current version of the software) to create some random text to edit.
RELATED: How to Double-Space on Google Docs Fortunately, there are several ways to use double spacing in Microsoft Word. You can set your document up ahead of time with double-spaced formatting, or apply double spacing to the document after finishing it instead.
If you use Google’s apps, double spacing on Google Docs is a common task as well. It’s also a great way to make it easier to read-I can’t read anything on a Kindle without changing the view to double-spaced, for instance-and can be more visually appealing for certain types of writing. It provides plenty of margins to make notes or suggestions in a document. Virtually every college student eventually has to double space a document in Microsoft Word.
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