[Blindtlk] a question of spacing

[Steve P. Deeley]

I don't know.  I'm just retired but looking for another job.
Steve
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sarah Baughn" <sarahb006 at comcast.net>
To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 7:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] a question of spacing


> Work?  What the heck is that?
> Sarah
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steve P. Deeley" <stevep.deeley at insightbb.com>
> To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 3:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] a question of spacing
>
>
>>I think people are just lazy and don't place the other space after the
>>period!  That is too much like work!\
>> Steve----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Mike Sivill" <mike.sivill at viewplus.com>
>> To: "'Ray Foret jr'" <rforetjr at comcast.net>; "'Blind Talk Mailing List'"
>> <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 5:46 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] a question of spacing
>>
>>
>>> Hi Ray,
>>> I was told that the "two spaces" rule has been dropped. I guess a lot of
>>> us
>>> missed the memo. Sorry, I can't cite any text saying that though.
>>> Mike
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
>>> On
>>> Behalf Of Ray Foret jr
>>> Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 2:21 PM
>>> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
>>> Subject: [Blindtlk] a question of spacing
>>>
>>> Okay.
>>>
>>> Here's the observation.  I cannot help but notice that when I read an
>>> e-mail
>>>
>>> from a sighted person, there is only one space following a sentence
>>> ending
>>> period.  However, when I read most blind people's e-mails, (the ones I
>>> come
>>> in to contact with anyhow) I cannot help but observe that there are two
>>> spaces following a sentence ending period.  With some blind people's
>>> e-mails, there is only one space following a sentence ending period.
>>> Back
>>> when I took typing in highschool, we were taught that when you end a
>>> sentence with a period, you MUST space twice.  Also, paragraphs were to
>>> be
>>> indented by spacing five times in from the left margin.  Nowadays,
>>> though,
>>> it would appear that those rules are changed.  Are paragraphs still to 
>>> be
>>> indented five spaces in from the left margin?  And what about spacing
>>> after
>>> sentence ending periods?  As for the five spaces, I rather suspect that
>>> this
>>>
>>> was done so as to put the first letter of the first line of the 
>>> paragraph
>>> one half inch from the left margin; using pyka type.  With Microsoft
>>> word,
>>> the number of spaces needed to put the insertion point one half inch 
>>> from
>>> the left margin appears to be twelve.  Thoughts?  Am I missing something
>>> somewhere?
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>> The Constantly BAREFOOTED Ray
>>>
>>> "Old friend, what are you looking for?  After those many years abroad 
>>> you
>>> come With images you tended Under foreign skies Far away from your own
>>> land"
>>> George Seferis
>>>
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