Using AutoCorrect to delete space after period
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From: John Morris on 13 Jun 2008 23:18 Hello all, I almost reflexively type two space characters after a period at the end of a sentence because that's the way I was brought up. But a local company wants all of its documents to have a single space after a period. I realize that the spacebar activates AutoCorrect, but does anyone know a way to use AutoCorrect or some other feature to automatically delete the second space in Word 2007 (besides a macro or a Find and Replace)? John
From: Suzanne S. Barnhill on 13 Jun 2008 23:34 And aside from having the Grammar Checker mark it as incorrect? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "John Morris" <john.morris(a)telus.net> wrote in message news:jld654hsmmg3g6htfdiijcrhgb0dj90abs(a)4ax.com... > Hello all, > > I almost reflexively type two space characters after a period at the > end of a sentence because that's the way I was brought up. But a > local company wants all of its documents to have a single space after > a period. > > I realize that the spacebar activates AutoCorrect, but does anyone > know a way to use AutoCorrect or some other feature to automatically > delete the second space in Word 2007 (besides a macro or a Find and > Replace)? > > John >
From: PA on 14 Jun 2008 11:26 Try Fnd and Replace. Find period space space Replace period space "John Morris" wrote: > Hello all, > > I almost reflexively type two space characters after a period at the > end of a sentence because that's the way I was brought up. But a > local company wants all of its documents to have a single space after > a period. > > I realize that the spacebar activates AutoCorrect, but does anyone > know a way to use AutoCorrect or some other feature to automatically > delete the second space in Word 2007 (besides a macro or a Find and > Replace)? > > John >
From: John Morris on 14 Jun 2008 13:14 On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:34:37 -0500, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill(a)mvps.org> wrote: >> I realize that the spacebar activates AutoCorrect, but does anyone >> know a way to use AutoCorrect or some other feature to automatically >> delete the second space in Word 2007 (besides a macro or a Find and >> Replace)? >And aside from having the Grammar Checker mark it as incorrect? Aside from that, too. It's not for me, you see. I have suggested Find and Replace and using the spell / grammar checker, but these options are too much bother, apparently. So is entering 26 AutoCorrections like: <period><space><space> A, B, etc. changes to <period><space> A, B, etc. But I guess it's not too much trouble asking me to come up with solutions ;-) John
From: PamC via OfficeKB.com on 14 Jun 2008 14:24
Record a macro. Then put a button for it on a toolbar or the QAT as the case may be. The macro I use reduces multiple spaces to one. I ignore the period so I can catch other multiple spaces in the document. If the client wants two spaces after a period, I search for period space and replace it with period space space. Pam John Morris wrote: >>> I realize that the spacebar activates AutoCorrect, but does anyone >>> know a way to use AutoCorrect or some other feature to automatically >>> delete the second space in Word 2007 (besides a macro or a Find and >>> Replace)? > >>And aside from having the Grammar Checker mark it as incorrect? > >Aside from that, too. > > It's not for me, you see. I have suggested Find and Replace and >using the spell / grammar checker, but these options are too much >bother, apparently. So is entering 26 AutoCorrections like: ><period><space><space> A, B, etc. changes to <period><space> A, B, >etc. > >But I guess it's not too much trouble asking me to come up with >solutions ;-) > >John -- Message posted via OfficeKB.com http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/ms-word-general/200806/1 |