Can I set word to have a double space after every full stop? in Word Page Layout    |   |  Help   Search For:     In:   Office   Word     Word General Questions     Word New Users     Word Application Errors     Word Drawing and Graphics     Word Mailmerge and Fax     Word Page Layout     Word Programming     Word Tables              Groundjester45 7/15/2006 6:22 AM PST   Question   I edit a regular document using a word template and want to have a double space after every full stop. Can this be set up in the template to do this automatically?     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Suzanne S. Barnhill 7/15/2006 8:01 AM PST   Answer   There is no way to make Word do this automatically, but the grammar checker has a setting where you can choose your preferred number of spaces after a period (one, two, or no preference), and Word will mark as "incorrect" any deviation from that preference. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Groundjester45" <Groundjester45@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:29B96015-A6D5-4CF7-B0B7-37B408FBB317@microsoft.com... > I edit a regular document using a word template and want to have a double > space after every full stop. Can this be set up in the template to do this > automatically?     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           keithsmd 10/28/2009 9:53 PM PST   Ms. Barnhill, I use Word for the Mac in Office 2004. I want to turn off automatic double spacing between paragraphs. I’ve gone to Format Paragraph Lines and spacing And set “before” and “after” to 0 pt.and ald chosen “single spacing.” This worked in one document but not in another. I tried opening a new blank document and pasting the text from the problem document into it, but the double spacing was still there. With each new version of Word there are more features that one has to struggle against. May I suggest a toggle button where one can choose between “officious” and “not officious” or “annoying” and “not annoying.” "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: > There is no way to make Word do this automatically, but the grammar checker > has a setting where you can choose your preferred number of spaces after a > period (one, two, or no preference), and Word will mark as "incorrect" any > deviation from that preference. > > -- > Suzanne S. Barnhill > Microsoft MVP (Word) > Words into Type > Fairhope, Alabama USA > Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so > all may benefit. > > "Groundjester45" <Groundjester45@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:29B96015-A6D5-4CF7-B0B7-37B408FBB317@microsoft.com... > > I edit a regular document using a word template and want to have a double > > space after every full stop. Can this be set up in the template to do this > > automatically? > >     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Stefan Blom 10/29/2009 5:12 AM PST   Format | Paragraph only changes the settings for the selection. To change the actual defaults, you will have to modify the Normal style of the Normal template. If you want detailed steps, you should ask in a MacWord newsgroup. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "keithsmd" <keithsmd@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:BFF43C44-929F-4028-94A8-719EE9FE1D48@microsoft.com... > Ms. Barnhill, > > I use Word for the Mac in Office 2004. > > I want to turn off automatic double spacing between paragraphs. > > I've gone to > > Format > Paragraph > Lines and spacing > > And set "before" and "after" to 0 pt.and ald chosen "single spacing." > This > worked in one document but not in another. > > I tried opening a new blank document and pasting the text from the problem > document into it, but the double spacing was still there. > > With each new version of Word there are more features that one has to > struggle against. May I suggest a toggle button where one can choose > between > "officious" and "not officious" or "annoying" and "not annoying." > > > "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: > >> There is no way to make Word do this automatically, but the grammar >> checker >> has a setting where you can choose your preferred number of spaces after >> a >> period (one, two, or no preference), and Word will mark as "incorrect" >> any >> deviation from that preference. >> >> -- >> Suzanne S. Barnhill >> Microsoft MVP (Word) >> Words into Type >> Fairhope, Alabama USA >> Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org >> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup >> so >> all may benefit. >> >> "Groundjester45" <Groundjester45@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in >> message >> news:29B96015-A6D5-4CF7-B0B7-37B408FBB317@microsoft.com... >> > I edit a regular document using a word template and want to have a >> > double >> > space after every full stop. Can this be set up in the template to do >> > this >> > automatically? >> >> .     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Suzanne S. Barnhill 10/29/2009 5:53 AM PST   In addition to what Stefan has said, you would need to begin a new thread since your question has nothing to do with spacing after periods (full stops) but with line spacing after paragraphs. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "keithsmd" <keithsmd@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:BFF43C44-929F-4028-94A8-719EE9FE1D48@microsoft.com... > Ms. Barnhill, > > I use Word for the Mac in Office 2004. > > I want to turn off automatic double spacing between paragraphs. > > I’ve gone to > > Format > Paragraph > Lines and spacing > > And set “before” and “after” to 0 pt.and ald chosen “single spacing.” > This > worked in one document but not in another. > > I tried opening a new blank document and pasting the text from the problem > document into it, but the double spacing was still there. > > With each new version of Word there are more features that one has to > struggle against. May I suggest a toggle button where one can choose > between > “officious” and “not officious” or “annoying” and “not annoying.” > > > "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: > >> There is no way to make Word do this automatically, but the grammar >> checker >> has a setting where you can choose your preferred number of spaces after >> a >> period (one, two, or no preference), and Word will mark as "incorrect" >> any >> deviation from that preference. >> >> -- >> Suzanne S. Barnhill >> Microsoft MVP (Word) >> Words into Type >> Fairhope, Alabama USA >> Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org >> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup >> so >> all may benefit. >> >> "Groundjester45" <Groundjester45@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in >> message >> news:29B96015-A6D5-4CF7-B0B7-37B408FBB317@microsoft.com... >> > I edit a regular document using a word template and want to have a >> > double >> > space after every full stop. Can this be set up in the template to do >> > this >> > automatically? >> >> .     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Stefan Blom 10/29/2009 6:47 AM PST   Indeed. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@mvps.org> wrote in message news:ezeLsIJWKHA.3720@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > In addition to what Stefan has said, you would need to begin a new thread > since your question has nothing to do with spacing after periods (full > stops) but with line spacing after paragraphs. > > -- > Suzanne S. Barnhill > Microsoft MVP (Word) > Words into Type > Fairhope, Alabama USA > http://word.mvps.org > > "keithsmd" <keithsmd@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:BFF43C44-929F-4028-94A8-719EE9FE1D48@microsoft.com... >> Ms. Barnhill, >> >> I use Word for the Mac in Office 2004. >> >> I want to turn off automatic double spacing between paragraphs. >> >> I've gone to >> >> Format >> Paragraph >> Lines and spacing >> >> And set "before" and "after" to 0 pt.and ald chosen "single spacing." >> This >> worked in one document but not in another. >> >> I tried opening a new blank document and pasting the text from the >> problem >> document into it, but the double spacing was still there. >> >> With each new version of Word there are more features that one has to >> struggle against. May I suggest a toggle button where one can choose >> between >> "officious" and "not officious" or "annoying" and "not annoying." >> >> >> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: >> >>> There is no way to make Word do this automatically, but the grammar >>> checker >>> has a setting where you can choose your preferred number of spaces after >>> a >>> period (one, two, or no preference), and Word will mark as "incorrect" >>> any >>> deviation from that preference. >>> >>> -- >>> Suzanne S. Barnhill >>> Microsoft MVP (Word) >>> Words into Type >>> Fairhope, Alabama USA >>> Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org >>> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the >>> newsgroup so >>> all may benefit. >>> >>> "Groundjester45" <Groundjester45@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in >>> message >>> news:29B96015-A6D5-4CF7-B0B7-37B408FBB317@microsoft.com... >>> > I edit a regular document using a word template and want to have a >>> > double >>> > space after every full stop. Can this be set up in the template to do >>> > this >>> > automatically? >>> >>> > .     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top         Return to Microsoft Communities   Notify me of replies