I try to remember to take out my double spaces but I don't always remember. Old habits die hard.
You got all kinds of learnin' and you made me look the fool without tryin', and yet here I am with a gun to your head. That's 'cause I got people with me. People who trust each other, who do for each other, and ain't always lookin' for the advantage.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Delurking 1: Because we don't always check our e-mail.
Cashmere - Oct 04, 2009 1:21:14 pm PDT #355 of 3094
Now tagless for your comfort.
Ginger - Oct 04, 2009 1:21:15 pm PDT #356 of 3094
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
If you use Word, the simplest way is to change the setting in spellcheck.
Zenkitty - Oct 04, 2009 1:22:04 pm PDT #357 of 3094
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I had a friendly programmer at my office write a macro for me that removes double spaces from the manuscripts I'm editing. Two keystrokes and they're all gone. I am a big proponent of automating repetitive tasks.
Kevin - Oct 04, 2009 1:22:15 pm PDT #358 of 3094
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Hello, I'm Kevin (how did you guess?), and I currently live in Liverpool in the UK.
I once tried to arrest the Prime Minister. I didn't succeed.
Barb - Oct 04, 2009 1:22:31 pm PDT #359 of 3094
“Not dead yet!”
You can also do a find and replace, which is how I just fixed the current MS. Let's see if it sticks.
Amy - Oct 04, 2009 1:23:34 pm PDT #360 of 3094
Because books.
I hate, hate, hate the new feature in the newest version of Word that puts an extra space between paragraphs. You can turn it off but you have to do it in every document, and it's so, so wrong.
t /editorial tics
Zenkitty - Oct 04, 2009 1:23:50 pm PDT #361 of 3094
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Kevin, really... you cannot leave us with no more of the story than that!
omnis_audis - Oct 04, 2009 1:24:22 pm PDT #362 of 3094
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Kevin, you tease!! Tell us more!!!
Barb - Oct 04, 2009 1:24:25 pm PDT #363 of 3094
“Not dead yet!”
I hate, hate, hate the new feature in the newest version of Word that puts an extra space between paragraphs. You can turn it off but you have to do it in every document, and it's so, so wrong.
Oooh, I hate that too, but I set a custom template for my Word docs, so I rarely have to deal with it.
megan walker - Oct 04, 2009 1:25:31 pm PDT #364 of 3094
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Is that why new manuscript I get has 10pt added after?
Also, when did they decide that margins should be 1.25 inches? 1 inch was already plenty.
I basically have a checklist of formatting things I now have to do to all new manuscript. Annoying.