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Microsoft Word Decrees All High-School IT Teachers Were Wrong: Double Spaces Now Flagged as Typos

posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday April 28 2020, @01:58PM   Printer-friendly
from the and-then-they-discovered-  dept.

martyb writes:

Microsoft decrees that all high-school IT teachers were wrong: Double spaces now flagged as typos in Word:

One space good, two spaces bad? (This story appears near the end of the article; scroll down to see it.)

Finally, Microsoft found time to weigh in on the age-old debate of just how many spaces belong after a full stop (or "period"). Thanks to an update, Word will apparently treat two spaces as a typo and festoon a double-spaced document with red, squiggly lines unless told to ignore the rule.

A debate for the ages finally settled. Where do you stand? ⚔️ https://twitter.com/tomwarren/status/1253655739379470338

— Microsoft 365 (@Microsoft365) April 24, 2020

Not everyone is impressed with change; this hack, for example, has fond memories of bashing away on the keys of a typewriter back in the day and slapping the spacebar twice between sentences [...]. It has proven a hard habit to break. Others, such as Jason Howard, senior project manager on the Windows Insider Team, called for a poll on the matter.

@Microsoft365 has thrown down the gauntlet. Apparently #MicrosoftWord will now flag double-spacing between sentences as an error.

Which side will you pick? Choose wisely...

— Jason Howard (@NorthFaceHiker) April 24, 2020

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 28 2020, @03:00PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 28 2020, @03:00PM (#987839)

    SOYLENT ATE MY SPACES!!1!1111

  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday April 28 2020, @04:43PM (1 child)

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday April 28 2020, @04:43PM (#987889) Journal

    It also ate your caps lock key.

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    The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.

    • (Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday April 29 2020, @01:06PM

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday April 29 2020, @01:06PM (#988169) Journal
      Or at least left the caps lock key depressed and suicidal.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 29 2020, @01:53AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 29 2020, @01:53AM (#988079)

    space weed in space !