Have you ever found yourself painstakingly counting the spaces between sentences in a document? We’ve all been there!
As medical writers, we know that consistency, down to the level of formatting, is critical in regulatory documents. Most style guides specify whether one space or two should follow end punctuation, but manually correcting spacing can take a lot of time.
Word’s simple find and replace function (CTRL+H) can help you identify rogue double spaces in a document where single spaces are meant to be used. But what if the style guide requires two spaces between sentences, and your document contains a mix of single and double spaces and various types of end punctuation?
In this Word Quick Tip video, WI Senior Writer and Associate Manager Melissa Christianson shows us how to use Word’s advanced wildcard search-and-replace feature to automatically ensure that the spacing between sentences in your document is formatted correctly. Enjoy!
