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.
Xander: Hey, Red. What you got in the basket, little girl? Buffy: Weapons.
Xander/Buffy ,'Help'
Delurking 1: Because we don't always check our e-mail.
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.
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.
victor infante - Oct 04, 2009 1:27:14 pm PDT #365 of 3094
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Adventures in great juxtaposition:
Hello, I'm Kevin (how did you guess?), and I currently live in Liverpool in the UK.
followed by:
You can also do a find and replace, which is how I just fixed the current MS. Let's see if it sticks.
Equals now trying to "find and erase" the prime minister. I can think of a few politicians I'd like to try that on ...
Mala - Oct 04, 2009 1:31:05 pm PDT #366 of 3094
I have to stop myself from reformatting other people's comments in code to remove the extra spaces. It's just not done, but if I were in charge it would be.