Avoiding Unintentional Spacing, 1 of 3

After completing a major project, and doing extensive editing, select your software program's "Find & Replace" feature (under the Editing menu) and instruct your program to locate every instance of two spaces in a row, and replace each instance with a single space.

By now, you've probably aware of the importance of not inserting two spaces after each period. However, two spaces in a row often show up after deleting or moving individual words.

You'll be surprised at what a difference "tight" copy can make, especially if your body copy is set justified (i.e. lines of each length).