If you’re rationing your time that severely, you need to ask yourself some hard questions about your life.” (Ellenberg also noted that LaTeX, a document preparation system that’s used widely in the sciences-and, that he believes, is “a higher authority”-puts extra space after a period in a document, whether you type it or not.*)Įllenberg may be right about the space being an odd place to try to find a little extra efficiency. “It’s like microwaving things for 55 seconds instead of a minute to avoid wasted finger motion. “The idea that you should change your way of typing because it’s more ‘efficient’ to type one fewer character is profoundly depressing,” Ellenberg wrote me in an email. The emphasis on that last point particularly grates on Jordan Ellenberg, a math professor at the University of Wisconsin, Slate contributor, and dedicated double-spacer. Luckily for double-spacers, the Editor feature in Word will allow users to dismiss the suggestion. (The suggested correction goes without saying.) Microsoft is currently testing the update on the latest desktop version of Word and plans to roll out the change to everyone in the next few months. On Friday, the Verge reported that Microsoft has started updating Microsoft Word to flag two spaces after a period as an error. Now, the 800-pound gorilla in the world of word processing has weighed in. And while Manjoo’s impassioned case for the single space certainly snapped more than a few readers out of their two-spaced stupor, the Great Spacing Debate has continued over the past decade. “Can I let you in on a secret? Typing two spaces after a period is totally, completely, utterly, and inarguably wrong.” So began former Slate writer Farhad Manjoo’s infamous 2011 tirade.
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