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Sue - 14 Dec 2004 20:19 GMT

Is there a way in Word to create an autocorrect feature that when ending a
sentence with a period followed by 2 spaces (instead of 1 space) Word will
correct to 1 space? This would be in the APA format. Thank you.

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Charles Kenyon - 14 Dec 2004 23:42 GMT

Not that I'm aware of. However, you can...
1) Turn on grammar checking and use the option for one space after periods.
This will give you a green wavy line under the extra spacing.
2) Not use the space bar to position text. Use tabs and indents instead.
3) Do a global replace after you have finished writing to replace two spaces
with one. This only works if you follow tip 2, though.

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> Is there a way in Word to create an autocorrect feature that when ending a
> sentence with a period followed by 2 spaces (instead of 1 space) Word will
> correct to 1 space? This would be in the APA format. Thank you.

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