[dba-Tech] Finding double spaces in a Word Doc

[Rocky Smolin]

Well, I'm interested in Brexit - from your side of the pond - I think
everyone else on OT is.  So come on over!  It's at least as entertaining as
most TV.

Best,

r

On Tue, Feb 9, 2021 at 3:12 PM <jon at tydda.plus.com> wrote:

> And to you!
>
> Yes, I still lurk here, there's just not much traffic on this list.
>
> I've been working from home since March - I'm lucky in that everyone
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>
> I have watched SO Much TV... Star Trek (ALL of it). MASH, The Shield,
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> remember what else. I'm about to start on The West Wing again... And
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>
> We've vaccinated about 15 million people so far in the UK, both my parents
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> three people who've had COVID, one is a doctor whose clinic was closed down
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> The worst thing was not being able to see my family at Christmas. I
> haven't seen my niece for over a year now, and she's very shy and doesn't
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> It's not great, but it's nowhere near as bad as it could be. Just don't
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>
>
> Jon
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-Tech <dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com> On Behalf Of Rocky
> Smolin
> Sent: 09 February 2021 21:46
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues <
> dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Finding double spaces in a Word Doc
>
> Well, that wasn't working, and now it does.  Go figure. But it's nice to
> see you're still with us Jon. Happy New Year.  How are conditions across
> the pond.  Are you working from home?
>
> r
>
> On Tue, Feb 9, 2021 at 11:57 AM <jon at tydda.plus.com> wrote:
>
> > I always just do Ctrl+H and find and replace two spaces with one space.
> >
> >
> > Jon
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dba-Tech <dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com> On Behalf Of
> > Rocky Smolin
> > Sent: 09 February 2021 19:18
> > To: Off Topic <dba-ot at databaseadvisors.com>; List
> > <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
> > Subject: [dba-Tech] Finding double spaces in a Word Doc
> >
> > I'm editing a long word doc where I'm trying to eliminate the double
> > spaces between words and after sentences (leftover bad habit of mine).
> >
> > When I do a find on two spaces, the find instead stops at my dashes
> > which I inserted using ctrl -, which it identifies as an dash.
> >
> > How can I find the occurrence of a double space?  This is Word 2010 BTW.
> >
> > TIA
> > r
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