101 Computer typing

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If you learned to type on a typewriter or taught by someone who is kind, probably do some typographic faux pas, if you are on your computer.

Single spacing

The most common error is a double-spaced, at the end of a sentence. Only one is needed, let me explain why.

The reason why the master bedroom was generally used typewriters, because all the characters used to write Monotype. Each letter in a font-design, which have the same characterWidth, in other words, an "m" with the same amount of horizontal space, like an "i" or "l". There are different types of character-design planned for the calculation, Courier is probably the best known.

Most fonts are used on machines with variable width fonts, or fonts, and use proportional font "kerning". If the letters are cut, the spacing of the characters that will take place in relation to their actual width, so that the width between the letters and letter combinations to create coherent pairsDistance.

So there is no need for a double space at the end of a sentence when typing on the PC as a variable width fonts automatically the right amount of space between sentences. In fact, a double-spaced holes will create a visual text that looks amateur. If you send your work to a graphic or a publisher, someone will have to replace all double spaces with single spaces. . . a tedious job, also using "Find and Replace".

TheDouble-spaced habit can take some time to break, but the end result is more professional looking documents.

Quotes and straight quotes

Another common mistake is or quotes ("" "") or single quotation marks ("") inappropriately. Quotes (also called curly quotes) are for dialogue, and apostrophes are used, while the straight for the feet and minutes are used (") and Customs and seconds (").

Microsoft Word will use single quotes as standard, butThis feature can be easily turned on or off.

From the Tools menu, click AutoCorrect
Click the tab for AutoFormat As You Type
Here you type, select or deselect "Straight quotes" Replace with "quotes"

If you have already written in the document with false quotations, bids can replace Word for you.

Follow the above procedure
Use Replace Ctrl + H boxEnter tab of the Find and Replace dialogue box, "with both search and replaceBoxing
Click Replace All

To manually edit entries, you hold down the ALT key and type the numbers on the keypad.

ALT 0145 and ALT 0146 for the left and right single quote
ALT 0147 and ALT 0148 for double quotation marks to the left and right curly.

If the keystrokes Alt on Windows, the numeric keypad on the right side of the keyboard, not the number row above the letters and make sure Num Lock is activated.

Dashes and hyphens

A typewriter had only oneelection dash - computers, while offering three widths dashboard. Another sign of professional set is the correct use of hyphens, en dashes and hyphens. Each is a different size and has his own personal use. The width of the em and en dashes is usually equal to the width of the small n and for the character they are used.

The dashes - are used for hyphenation and characters in a separate telephone number.
En dashes - are used to show duration and scope, as in 03:00 from 11:00 clock or January11.-15.

Create dashes private ALT 0150

En dashes - are the lines on the right instead of a single or double dashes - like punctuation. The en dash is also used to separate clauses in a sentence.

Microsoft Word will automatically replace double hyphens with a dash.

Create dashes private ALT 0151

The focus of the text

With the typewriter, underlined text, the only way was to highlight text in a document. With the advent of desktop publishing, we can now highlight textUse bold, italic, and bold.

Bold text is best used in all lines of text in headings and captions at the beginning of a paragraph as a design style. The text in bold should not be used to select the words in a phrase of text because it is very disturbing to the eye. Italics for emphasis should be used instead, as the text in italics is in harmony with the surrounding text, but clearly shows a greater importance.

Text Uderlined is a power on the typewriter that time, they shouldjust like most rewarding ways to avoid words with emphasis in bold and italics. Underlined text should be reserved for use in designing Web sites and financial publications or scientific.

Ctrl-b for bold

Ctrl-I for italics
Ctrl-u for underline

Using the tips above, the documents will look professional and amateur. Some of these habits will take some 'getting used to, but try again and again, the result will be worth it!