Fixing accidental double-spaces between words?

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Fixing accidental double-spaces between words?

Because of the terms involved, this is really tricky to search for on the internet, which is why I have come here.

I'm wondering if there is a way to add, in the Pages > Preferences > Auto-Correction Preferences, a replacement for accidentally typing two spaces between words. I type one space after sentences, not two, so a universal replacement for two spaces to be replaced by one space is what I'm looking for. This is mainly for those times when I accidentally type two spaces between words without realizing it, and I sometimes don't notice them until later, if at all. I've tried the obvious, typing two spaces (as in, two presses of the space bar) in the "Replace" column and one space in the "With" column and clicking the checkbox to turn it on. Nothing happens in the document when I type two spaces.

I'm guessing it has something to do with the replacement rule not accepting the "space" as a character in itself. Does anyone know of a way to force it?

I guess this might be similar, but I have a rule that replaces two hyphens with an Em Dash, and I did that by finding an Em Dash elsewhere and copy/pasting it in the replacement rule table.

Thanks for any help!

Oh yeah, I'm using most-recent version of Pages '09, v4.1

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7), 15" 2.0 GHz Core i7, 8GB RAM

Posted on Jul 28, 2011 9:58 PM

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Answer 1

fruhulda

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Jul 28, 2011 10:41 PM in response to adaniel87

Use the Find and Replace, Cmd + F, feature instead. Use it when you are done with you writing. I don't think Auto correction can work for spaces. The Space is the trigger for autocorrectionper se.

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KOENIG Yvan

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Jul 29, 2011 2:20 AM in response to fruhulda

Hi Fruhulda

You're perfectly right about the unability to automatically replace double spaces.

Search & Replace is an answer but there is also a dedicated feature in WordServices. It's more powerful and may get read of larger chunks of spaces.

It offer also a Reformat feature which may apply more cleaning.

Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) vendredi 29 juillet 2011 11:20:05

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fruhulda

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Jul 29, 2011 4:42 AM in response to KOENIG Yvan

You are right, Yvan! I have never used the Remove options in Word services.

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KOENIG Yvan

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Jul 29, 2011 5:55 AM in response to fruhulda

I guessed that fruhulda. The service is so efficient that I was sure that if you used it you would have written about it.

Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) vendredi 29 juillet 2011 14:55:23

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fruhulda

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Jul 29, 2011 8:01 AM in response to KOENIG Yvan

Don't you mean that I am so efficient when writing that I don't need the Remove service 😁 ?

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KOENIG Yvan

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Jul 29, 2011 8:06 AM in response to fruhulda

I had a doubt. Were you using Find & Replace several times to get rid of large chunks of spaces or were you carefully typing two spaces each time to remember the way to reach the feature ?😝

Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) vendredi 29 juillet 2011 17:06:25

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fruhulda

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Jul 29, 2011 8:18 AM in response to KOENIG Yvan

Now I don't understand? Are you asking me, Yvan? I am a strictly one spacer or non spacer when I am to light on the keys.

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KOENIG Yvan

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Jul 29, 2011 9:20 AM in response to fruhulda

I doubted beteen many huge spaces (10 spaces each time) or only double spaces 😉

Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) vendredi 29 juillet 2011 18:20:26

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