Do you double space?

[The Weekenders]

Weeks - are you using Word? You can probably do a Replace to change double spaces into single ones...

Oh sure, I use search and replace. In fact, I am the caret king (inside joke). It's just that the Production Dept. has given them the guidelines over and over not to insert tabs, extra spaces, etc etc. Even the editor-in-chief throws in tabs to "show us" when something is to be centered, even though we re-format everything...Old habits die hard.

[Jennie]

I do. But I'll try not to, since it bothers Weekenders. Gee, that's difficult, though!

It's not because I'm a moron. It's because I'm a Digital Immigrant.

Jennie

[djm]

He also uses the curly quotes.

Ooo! Shall we go all anal and insist you call them italics or braces? A lot of this depends on where you learned your nomenclature from. There are no official hard and fast rules for the names of most special characters in type/print/font/typeface.

But I'll try not to, since it bothers Weekenders.

Don't bother. He'd just find something else to get upset about.

djm

[FJohnSharp]

I am thinking of breaking his fingers.

Please don't.

That would hurt.

Plus, he's an oboeist.

[straycat82]

I do because that is what I was taught throughout school. I was taught that even in computer classes (I'm not nearly old enough to have taken typwriter classes!).
I did notice a while ago though that when you submit your post on this forum it takes out the extra space. Many have said that it's a wasted effort but I don't even think about it, I just do it naturally... it's like lifting my top index finger when playing middle D.

[Walden]

(I'm not nearly old enough to have taken typwriter classes!).

Define nearly. I took it in the 1990's.

[Jack]

(I'm not nearly old enough to have taken typwriter classes!).

Define nearly. I took it in the 1990's.

I took a typewriter class in 2001. In many poorer school districts in the US, and in most schools around the world, there are no computers.

[harpmaker]

I tend to double space after a period, more out of habit from HS typing class. I realise that the computer will ignore the extra one. However, I do think that the extra space between sentences does make a paragragh easier to read. If you look at a long paragragh typed before and after you hit the submit button you might see what I mean.

[Jack]

If you look at a long paragragh typed before and after you hit the submit button you might see what I mean.

I see it. All you have to do is to press quote on your post. Or, for that matter, press quote on this post. I've made a special effort to double space even though I don't usually do it. Yes, yes, it is easier indeed. Just press quote now, everybody, and see for yourselves. It's cool.

[dubhlinn]

and in most schools around the world, there are no computers.

Lucky American schoolkids.
Must be awful hard for the Europeans and others.

Slan,
D.

[Jack]

and in most schools around the world, there are no computers.

Lucky American schoolkids.
Must be awful hard for the Europeans and others.

Slan,
D.

I meant more countries considered third-world like Sudan, Afghanistan, or Haiti. I don't suspect they have computers.

[Walden]

http://laptop.org

[Jack]

http://laptop.org

That's a cool program.

[Congratulations]

I was told to put two spaces at the end of a sentence in middle school. As long as my English professors don't care, neither do I.

[dfernandez77]

I am thinking of breaking his fingers.

Please don't.

That would hurt.

No pain, no gain.