On Thu 29-May-03 2:45am-0400, Jim D wrote:
> On 5/28/2003, in <mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Allie Martin said:
>> The auto-format option will not remove the extra spaces.
> Do you mean Auto-wrap (Shift-CTRL-W)? Yes with this on, your spaces
> will be preserved because it just wraps. But if you have to go back
> and edit a line, adding a new phrase or something in the middle, it
> will not wrap properly until you use ALT-L...and then at that point,
> it will zap all the extra spaces from the paragraph.
I've remove auto-format (I've had and still have auto-wrap). Auto-
format didn't preserve my double space when I went back to add a word.
> I don't think it's taught in typing classes in US schools anymore
> either (it was when I was in school back in the early 80s).
I don't wish to start a debate. In TB, I read in proportional text.
I find it looks good in proportional text since many such texts have
tiny spaces.
But it's my email and I'll do what I please. But please don't bring
US public schools into this - they are a standard for nothing but
incompetence.
--
Best regards,
Bill
"I do not believe I have any immortality. The greatest
evil in the world today is the Christian religion."
[H.G. Wells]
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