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Subject:Re: remove spaces from Word From:Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Fri, 22 Mar 2013 11:09:53 -0700
My family has been in the publishing business since the early 1800s. There
is absolutely no discussion to be had over this topic.
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The only exception is for those monospaced typefaces (e.g., Courier) where
the double spacing is useful. Used anywhere else it advertises ignorance
and/or amateurism. *;<)*
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> Chris (let the battle resume)
On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Eva Whitley <eva -dot- whitley -at- noaa -dot- gov> wrote:
> The longest thread I ever had on my Facebook page was over this issue. It
> was amazing how many people defended the double space with the same
> intensity as their religion, their politics, or how they hang toilet paper.
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> Handy to get tips on this. Thank you.
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