Brant,
Yes times (and equipment) have changed. Every once in a while I forget and
insert 2 spaces after a colon. My Microsoft grammar checker marks it as a
punctuation error.
Kay
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brant Gibbard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Register Descendant Book
> No, that is what used to be done back in the days of typewriters, because
> their non-proportional spacing made it necessary for clarity. Book
> typesetting, and now computers with proportional fonts, use only a single
> space after a period (or a colon), because the appropriate spacing is
> already built into the characters.
> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
As I recall my English lessons, a colon is treated the same as a
> > period and should be
> > followed by TWO spaces before any text.
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