Microsoft drew a line under the long-term holivar
Microsoft has made a small but significant change in its proprietary Word text editor, which should draw a line under the long-standing “holy war”.
The era is gone. Significant Change in Microsoft Word
The thing is that many users, when typing on a PC after the period, put two spaces, while others are sure that only one area is set correctly.
The tradition of two spaces has come from the world of typewriters and is no longer relevant. However, this approach has quite a few supporters, and not all of them are ready to sacrifice a whole gap in favour of the “world of the future.”
Microsoft has now simplified the transition process. It’s simple: the Word verification system began to mark two spaces after the period as an error. User Alan Chen noticed this on the social network Twitter.
The one-spacers have won. Microsoft Word now showing 2 spaces after a period as an error.
— Alan Chen (@profalankchen) April 10, 2020
His tweet: “Supporters of one gap won. Microsoft Word now displays two spaces after the period as an error, “over the past weekend has become viral. At the time of writing the news, he scored thousands of 148.8 thousand “likes”, 14.3 thousand retweets and 8.6 thousand responses.
While the innovation is not present on all systems, Microsoft has been offering the “single-space rule” option for many years, but Alan Chen emphasized that he did not make any changes to the settings on his PC. The move caused a mixed reaction among users.
