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Post by creativegirl on Jul 5, 2019 15:48:55 GMT
I'm 35 but everyone I work with is 50 plus. They all do a double space and it drives me a little crazy. When I'm compiling documents from multiple sources, I have to go through and remove their extra spaces to make the document consistent. Plus, to my eye leaving them in looks bad especially with certain fonts and formatting.
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Post by lisacharlotte on Jul 5, 2019 16:08:32 GMT
I learned to type in a manual typewriter. Two spaces after a period. However, I’ve been using a computer at work since the mid-80s. I don’t know when computer fonts changed kerning to compensate (maybe always?) but after many years of computer use I have learned to only hit once. However, if you’re using a WRMK typewriter, remember 2 spaces. 😁
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Jul 5, 2019 16:31:42 GMT
I always use two. I think sometimes my computer 'fixes' it for me and deletes one of them as I type, but I typically add them back in. I personally think it's harder to read with only one space between sentences.
ETA: I learned typing in high school in the mid-1980s (on an IBM Selectric electric typewriter) and then had an 'electronic' typewriter in college (it had a one-line display, and a memory that remembered one page of text, lol).
I don't recall EVER learning that the rule switched to one space after a period, or what the reason was for the two spaces vs. one. To my eye, two spaces still makes it easier to see the separation between the sentences no matter what computer font I'm using.
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Post by flanz on Jul 5, 2019 17:18:52 GMT
I also meant to say that it’s been the contention to use one space ever since I’ve worked in word processing or design software for the past 35 years. concensus?
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Post by lucyg on Jul 5, 2019 17:33:26 GMT
I also meant to say that it’s been the contention to use one space ever since I’ve worked in word processing or design software for the past 35 years. concensus? Convention, probably. But I think we all understood what she was saying.
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Post by chlerbie on Jul 5, 2019 18:57:41 GMT
I learned to type in school in the 80's and have always used two. Every time I read posts like this here, I tell myself I should learn to change. I did it on this post and let me tell you--it was hard.
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Post by maryannscraps on Jul 5, 2019 19:36:44 GMT
I also meant to say that it’s been the contention to use one space ever since I’ve worked in word processing or design software for the past 35 years. concensus? LOL, it was convention. I can't edit my replies on my phone -- it's a problem with my fat thumbs and autocorrect trying to guess what the heck I'm talking about.
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Post by flanz on Jul 5, 2019 20:47:08 GMT
LOL, it was convention. I can't edit my replies on my phone -- it's a problem with my fat thumbs and autocorrect trying to guess what the heck I'm talking about. Thanks, I was guessing as I was trying to come up with the right word myself. No criticism intended.
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Post by 950nancy on Jul 5, 2019 20:50:55 GMT
One. Only one. Two was correct in the days of typewriters and monospacing. It is not correct now. What she said. I learned to type in the old days and two spaces was ingrained. I typed a LOT. For decades. With two spaces. Then I went back to work in the age of computers and switched myself to one space within 24 hours. Because that’s how it’s done now. I work with over 100 different areas (in every state) and very few people use just one. I keep wondering when it will start being the norm in our business.
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Post by busy on Jul 5, 2019 21:16:19 GMT
What she said. I learned to type in the old days and two spaces was ingrained. I typed a LOT. For decades. With two spaces. Then I went back to work in the age of computers and switched myself to one space within 24 hours. Because that’s how it’s done now. I work with over 100 different areas (in every state) and very few people use just one. I keep wondering when it will start being the norm in our business. What field are you in?
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Post by 950nancy on Jul 5, 2019 23:37:08 GMT
I work with over 100 different areas (in every state) and very few people use just one. I keep wondering when it will start being the norm in our business. What field are you in? I work at a non-profit. I need to check our manuals. I am thinking those should have one space. Emails-not so much.
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Post by mustlovecats on Jul 5, 2019 23:47:49 GMT
I was taught 2 when learning computer literacy in the 1980s, but worked as a newspaper copy editor in college and the standard had become 1 by the early 1990s. I still use one.
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Post by MaryMary on Jul 6, 2019 0:12:53 GMT
I use two, never realized it changed... I just asked my 19 year old what she was taught in school and she said 2.
Regardless, I will try and change to 1 if that’s what we are supposed to do.
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Post by myboysnme on Jul 6, 2019 0:32:41 GMT
I do it because I remain in typewriter mode. Apparently it is not used in computer work.
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Post by mrsshampoo on Jul 6, 2019 0:51:25 GMT
Wow! I am so confused. I have always used TWO, and I learned on a computer keyboard. I had no idea formatting had changed. Super interesting.
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Post by anniefb on Jul 6, 2019 2:11:40 GMT
Our work style is two, so guess that means we're an old fashioned law firm
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Post by stampinbetsy on Jul 6, 2019 2:17:51 GMT
I use 2, but I'm aware that many people no longer use it because we don't use typewriters. When I was taking my legal document prep class, I asked the instructor if I needed to break the habit, and she said it didn't matter.
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