Space Insertion Following Colon or Semicolon

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Bill Helbron - 10 Mar 2008 18:30 GMT

I'm using Word 2000 and when I type in a document "Children:", the resulting
text inserts a space between, in this example, the "n" and ":" -- "Children :"
The same thing happens when I use a semicolon and type, in this example, " .....
date unknown; place unknown." -- "....date unknown ; place unknown." This does
not happen all the time! Can someone explain why this is happening and what I
can do to eliminate these spaces? Thanks!

Bill

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Chuck Fiedler - 11 Mar 2008 01:49 GMT

>I'm using Word 2000 and when I type in a document "Children:", the resulting
>text inserts a space between, in this example, the "n" and ":" -- "Children :"
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>Bill

I can't think of anything in Word that could account for this. I sorta
suspect your keyboard. A new one, at least here in Dallas, is less
than $10.

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Bill Helbron - 24 Mar 2008 18:54 GMT

Thanks for your comments, Chuck! I waited a while to see how long the problem
persisted, but it seems to have gone away. I'm using a relatively new Microsoft
keyboard, but there a few things I don't like about it, so I might just take
your suggestion.

Bill

>>I'm using Word 2000 and when I type in a document "Children:", the resulting
>>text inserts a space between, in this example, the "n" and ":" -- "Children :"
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
>suspect your keyboard. A new one, at least here in Dallas, is less
>than $10.

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