Hi Phil, I have not used it much but the proofreading function on the mac will catch this extra white space. I access this by pressing VO+Shift+M to pull up a context menu and arrowing down to the proofreading sub menu. I agree that the Spell/Grammar check in MS word does seem to be a more efficient alternative if you have access to windows because the one function addresses all your mistakes at once. I also like the feature to see the word/mistake in context when using MS Word so I can more easily tell what the correction should be. As far as I can tell, the only way to see this on the mac is to close the spell check window and find where the cursor is in the document, which is only sometimes reliable. Maybe I'm not doing it right though…
Greg Aikens, M. Ed. Teacher of students who are blind and visually impaired Cobb County School District gpaik...@gmail.com On Sep 5, 2013, at 8:32 PM, Phil Halton <philh...@gmail.com> wrote: > I don't understand why having extra spaces between words is so unheard of. I > do a lot of editing as I write, and it's inevitable that some extra spaces > are left here and there. MS word's spellchecker will find and eliminate all > this extraneous white space. There seems to be no equivalent function on the > Mac's spell checking functions. Perhaps people just aren't aware that their > text is peppered with these little, mostly visual, editing errors. > > For now, I do my writing in windows MS-Word and spell check there, then copy > and paste into theMarsEdit app for publishing. It works well and isn't really > too much extra bother considering the superior functionality I get this way. > > On Sep 5, 2013, at 8:24 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Just to be sure, you know the Mac can spell-check, right? I'm not trying to >> tell you how to work, I'm just making sure you know what tools you have >> available. >> On Sep 5, 2013, at 8:17 PM, Phil Halton <philh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Actually, I'm finding it much easier to write my posts in Word and use it's >>> excellent spellchecker To correct any whitespace problems. I then use >>> Marzett it to do the publishing. >>> >>> Sent from my IPhone >>> >>> >>> On Sep 5, 2013, at 5:13 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> My first thought is to just do a search (vo-f) for two spaces. I suppose >>>> you could make, or ask someone to make, an Applescript to do the job, if >>>> Mars Edit can be scripted, but it seems far easier to simply become more >>>> comfortable with mac commands so the extra spaces don't appear in the >>>> first place. If you describe the procedure you use for copying, pasting, >>>> and all that, perhaps we can figure out how the extra spaces are getting >>>> in there. >>>> On Sep 5, 2013, at 1:41 PM, Phil Halton <philh...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> It's nothing the Mac is doing. It's purely the way I type, cut and paste >>>>> text. >>>>> That being settled, how can I check for extra whitespace in the text? It >>>>> looks sloppy and unprofessional at best. >>>>> Sent from my IPhone >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sep 5, 2013, at 10:45 AM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Are you highlighting spaces as well? I've never had extra spaces >>>>>> randomly appear; any additional or missing spaces are due to the way I >>>>>> selected or erased text, not the Mac deciding to insert them without my >>>>>> knowledge. >>>>>> On Sep 5, 2013, at 10:39 AM, Phil Halton <philh...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> No, it's definitely happening. As you cut and paste words and do other >>>>>>> editing options you get extra spaces between words you can actually >>>>>>> count them with the cursor. I'm thinking about using Microsoft office >>>>>>> word to write my blogs and spellcheck them and me and then let Marsetta >>>>>>> do the posting. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sent from my IPhone >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Sep 4, 2013, at 10:15 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I've never had this happen in emails, Text Edit, iText Express, or >>>>>>>> anywhere else I can think of. Are you sure it is not a mars Edit >>>>>>>> setting, or that you are not somehow re-reading whitespace characters? >>>>>>>> I only ask because you said you are new to editing text, and it can >>>>>>>> take a while to get the hang of doing that. >>>>>>>> On Sep 4, 2013, at 6:10 PM, Phil Halton <philh...@comcast.net> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I just bought Marsedit and started filling in my "about" page on a >>>>>>>>> wordpress blog. From extensive editing and the funky way Mac handles >>>>>>>>> text, I find a lot of extra white space between the words. 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