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Two spaces is a relic from the days of typesetting. In the world of desktop
publishing one space is normally considered correct.
Mike
Mike Christie
Senior Information Developer
VeriFone, Inc.
MikeC -at- verifone -dot- com
408 919-5729
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shaun McNamara [SMTP:smcnamar -at- BBNPLANET -dot- COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 1998 10:36 AM
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject: spaces
>
> Hello all,
>
> I recently got into a debate about using two spaces or one space after a
> period in a Word document, being told to use only one space.
