[Solved] Spacebar

roncan · Post by **roncan** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 10:03 pm

I'm puzzled. While trying to write a letter I found that the spacebar would only allow one space between words [i.e. I usually put three spaces between province and postal code on letters]. I'm not sure if this is in the document properties or where to sort this out. Help please.

Post by **JohnV** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 10:12 pm

See if Tools > AutoCorrect > Ignore double spaces is checked.

roncan · Post by **roncan** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 10:17 pm

It is checked.

Post by **Hagar Delest** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 10:25 pm

Can you upload a sample file here? If the file is bigger than 128 kB, use a file sharing web site (like mediafire.com).

edit this topic's initial post · Post by **Villeroy** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 10:32 pm

JohnV wrote:See if Tools > AutoCorrect > Ignore double spaces is checked.

roncan wrote:It is checked.

Well, this is why you can not put 2 consecutive spaces.

Bill · Post by **Bill** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 10:34 pm

roncan wrote:It is checked.

Did unchecking it fix the problem?

The wording of the option is incorrect. There is a bug report about this:

Auotocorrect: "Ignore double spaces" - Wrong wording

Post by **Hagar Delest** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 10:40 pm

I thought: no, he must have tried [to uncheck], he can't have missed it! But I'm not so sure now.

Bhikkhu Pesala · Post by **Bhikkhu Pesala** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 11:32 pm

Use Control Spacebar instead. This will insert a hard space — then you can insert more than one, and the spacing won't be changed by justification.

roncan · Post by **roncan** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 12:27 am

Thanks everyone, I was looking so intently that I missed that. It works great now.

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