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| 255471 | 2004-07-26 03:32:00 | Can someone please tell me how to change text to double word spacing. That is the space between the words not the space between the lines. Thanks Terry |
tvg70 (2047) | ||
| 255472 | 2004-07-26 03:40:00 | Sorry but I will show my ignorance here. Double line spacing is a common requirement, but certainly not double word spacing? What do you mean, you want 2 spaces instead of one between words? As I see it Word does not control the spaces, you do by using the space bar. You can alter character spacing under Format Font, but that affects all characters not just the spaces used to separate words. Can you avise the cause for the need perhaps, it may help us understand? |
godfather (25) | ||
| 255473 | 2004-07-26 03:50:00 | You can change spacing of the letters or characters by going to Format ->Font ->Spacing. To space the words only I don't have that many bright ideas short of writing a macro to do it. My Autoformat -> Autocorrect as you type: doesn't seem to like the idea of replacing a single space with a double one. It seems to only like to do that sort of thing with characters and not spaces. Maybe yours is more cooperative. But do your document normally. When document is finished go to Edit -> Replace. In Find what: put a single space, in Replace with: put a double space. Then click Replace All. |
rugila (214) | ||
| 255474 | 2004-07-26 03:55:00 | What you suggest, rugila, will only work with a fixed-width font, where a space is the same width as any other character (e.g. Courier). Where a proportional font is being used, the extra space will be barely noticeable. Cheers Miami |
Miami Steve (2128) | ||
| 255475 | 2004-07-26 04:03:00 | Word Wrap applies some variable spacing funtion but thats dynamic. | godfather (25) | ||
| 255476 | 2004-07-26 04:36:00 | >What you suggest, rugila, will only work with a fixed-width font, where a space is the same width as any other character (e.g. Courier). Where a proportional font is being used, the extra space will be barely noticeable. Double space was asked for Miami Steve, and double space was provided by my suggestion. What else do you expect me to do? Stand on my head? And if it seems to anyone that double spacing isn't enough to give the desired visual effect, then replace all single spaces by triple spaces, or quadruple spaces or 57 spaces or whatever you like until the user is happy. But maybe some people are never happy. |
rugila (214) | ||
| 255477 | 2004-07-26 06:30:00 | Hi Enter "kerning" in Word Help and follow the simple instructions. P. |
Peter (676) | ||
| 255478 | 2004-07-26 06:54:00 | Kerning affects all characters equally as I recall. Thats not what is sought if that's the case. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 255479 | 2004-07-26 08:04:00 | Hi further to previous comments Word appears to only have character spacing or line spacing not word spacing. Unfortunately there are no application level events in Word (to my knowledge) that monitor keypress so you wouldnt be able to have a macro that could automate this for you as you type. The next best thing is a macro which you run manually that will add the extra space but this seems clumsy to me. The best solution I can think of is to put up with the single spacing while your typing and then when your finished typing select the text then Edit|Replace from the menu. In the 'Find What' box enter a single space and in the 'Replace With' box enter 2 spaces then click OK. This will replace the single spaces with a double and should resolve the issue for you. hth |
parry (27) | ||
| 255480 | 2004-07-26 08:17:00 | You could try applying the spacebar twice between each word as you type. Rob |
Rob99 (151) | ||
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