Change automatic spacing after punctuation?

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In my Word 2007, 2 spaces are automatically inserted after punctuation (1
after a comma). I enter lab values, and these spaces are also inserted after
decimal points. It's very frustrating to go back and delete these extra
spaces. How can I make this stop?
 
This could be the result of an AutoCorrect entry. Click the Office
Menu>Word Options>Proofing.

Click AutoCorrect Options. Type a period "." in the replace field and see
if it pulls up and entry where a period is replaced with a perion and two
spaces ". "

If so delete the entry.
 
Unfortunately, there was no "." in the AutocCorrect list. Thanks for the
suggestion though.

Any other ideas?
 
In an earlier thread, a user insisted that she had configured the grammar
settings to produce two spaces after a period (in fact, all the grammar
checker can do is flag one or two spaces as incorrect, based on the setting
chosen by the user). It developed that she was dictating her documents using
Windows Voice Recognition, and it was automatically generating two spaces
after "full stop." It doesn't seem likely that this is your situation, but I
mention it just in case...

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
 
earthwanderer said:
In my Word 2007, 2 spaces are automatically inserted after punctuation (1
after a comma). I enter lab values, and these spaces are also inserted after
decimal points. It's very frustrating to go back and delete these extra
spaces. How can I make this stop?
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i found it. i know it's been years, but better late than never. this applies to windows speech recognition software, so not sure if it is applicable. but this problem does occur with speech recognition, and it is annoying. and i'm happy to say i found the fix.


i typed in "voice recognition" or just "voice" in the start menu and a "change text to speech settings" icon came up, along with a speech recognition icon. click on the "change text..." and it brings up a speech properties box. there is a speech recognition tab. click on it. at the bottom is the pulldown menu to change the number of spaces after punctuation.

and following the recent election results, i may be moving overseas to join you folks in the UK.
 
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