There is an old typographical convention that requires you to put two spaces after a full stop in a sentence. The fact is that printing with one space had a too continuous (continuous) look, and a double space between sentences broke up the text visually and made it more readable.
Nowadays, one space between sentences has become the norm, both for texts in electronic form and for printed copies. But it is possible that you will get to a teacher who will insist that there be two spaces between sentences. I’m sure you don’t want to lose points because you didn’t know how to do it.
Word doesn’t have the ability to automatically insert two spaces after a sentence, but you can set the spell checker to flag all places where there is a single space after the end of a sentence.
Pastaba: In the version of Word, it is not possible to set the spelling checker to see all single spaces. Such an option simply does not exist. Therefore, we have prepared two options for solving the problem: for the English and versions of Word.
For English version of Word
To set up spell checking and mark sentences with one space, click the tab Filė .
Kairėje esančiame meniu spustelėkite Nustatymai.
On the left side of the dialog box, click on Korektūros.
Grupėje Taisant rašybą ir gramatiką Word spragtelėjimas Nustatymailocated to the right of the dropdown list Rašymo stilius.
Atsidarys dialogo langas Grammar Settings. Parametrų grupėje reikalauti išskleidžiamajame sąraše Spaces required between sentences select 2. Press OKto save changes and close the window.
Dialogo lange Nustatymai spragtelėjimas OKuždaryti ir jį.
Word will now highlight every single space after a period, whether it’s at the end of a sentence or anywhere else.
For and English versions of Word
This decision has nothing to do with the visual highlighting of problem areas (as was the case in the previous version). In addition, it is universal, i.e. suitable for any version of Word. We assume that you already have the text ready and you just need to replace all single spaces after dots with double ones. Everything is simple!
To replace all single spaces between sentences in the version of Word (and English too), you need to use the tool Raskite ir pakeiskite (Find and Replace). To do this, you have to search for one space after the dot and replace it with two.
Paspauskite spartųjį klavišą Ctrl + H... Atsidarys dialogo langas Raskite ir pakeiskite (Rasti ir pakeisti).
Įveskite žymeklį į lauką Rasti (Find what), enter the point and press the key erdvė (Space) once. Then place the cursor in the field Pakeistas (Replace with), enter a period and hit space twice. Now click on the button Pakeiskite visus (Replace All).
Pastaba: Lauke Raskite ir pakeiskite (Find and Replace) spaces are not displayed, so be careful when you type.
Word will replace all single spaces at the end of sentences with double spaces. To see the fruits of your labors, display non-printing characters. To do this, on the tab Pagrindinis (Pagrindinis) skyrius Punktas (Paragraph) click the button with the image of the reverse capital Latin letter “Р"
Rezultatas:
If the document contains abbreviations with a dot, for example, “Mr. Tver”, where one space should remain, you will have to search and replace each such combination of characters separately. To do this, click on the button Rasti kitą (Find Next), and then on Pavaduojantis narys (Replace) for each specific case.