Space before symbol

Hello,

This is a rule of French typography.

If you type in English, you won't have these spaces.

If you want to override these rules, you need to disable the typography package:
Tools Menu, AutoCorrect Options, While Typing
Uncheck the quotation marks option

m@rina
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- "On the office forum, questions are asked regarding office work..."
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I have the solution. It’s true that if you want to indicate a path for your computer like C:\bureau, it’s annoying if Word automatically corrects it to C :\bureau.

To remove this option that automatically inserts a space, you need to do the following:
- Word button (at the top left)
- Word options (at the bottom right of the window that appears)
- Proofing (in the menu on the left)
- Under the 3rd blue line named "When correcting spelling and grammar in Word," click on "Settings" to the right of the "Grammar" field.
- A new window will appear on the screen. In the last point under "Grammar," uncheck "Punctuation and spacing."

There you go, it works.

Hello gotomtom
A year later, isn't it a bit late?
Especially since your solution is wrong!

The "Punctuation and spacing" option only prevents Word from recognizing the absence of space before double punctuation as a mistake, for example.
It does not prevent the automatic space that is created by default when typing in French (from France).

Moreover, URLs (http://...), or Windows addresses (C:\bureau) are not an issue, as another automatic check cancels the default space before the colon!

Good evening,

Simply change the input language.

On a specific document: one click on the Language tool in the status bar to change the current language.
In principle, if you click on the Default button, it should change for all new documents.

Unfortunately, there are some issues with 2007 which is resistant to language changes. I've put the solution here that should work:
https://faqword.com/index.php/faq/dictionnaires/337-comment-choisir-une-langue-par-defaut--.html

m@rina
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- "On the office forum, we ask questions regarding office work..."
- "Oh really???""

I do not have the solution to your question. But I need to know that the official typing conventions of a document are as follows:
- before and after a question mark, an exclamation point, colons, and semicolons, a space must be placed
- for the period and the comma, no space should be placed before but only after.
- for quotation marks and apostrophes, no space before the text, and no space after the text.

Example: it's the first. The sentence is "the most important" ; but you can, if you want, modify the 'basic' rules. Did you understand my example? It's not easy to find an appropriate text! Hi and good luck

It is a double symbol, so it requires a space before and after.

Yes, but I want to remove, for example, the automatic space between the word and !

Thank you for your help

Good evening,

These typography rules apply only in France. In Quebec, for example, there is no space before the question mark, semicolon, and exclamation mark.

Moreover, it is common not to put a space before the colon and that capital letters can be accented, for example: Éléphant.

Hello,

For Quebec, you simply need to choose Canadian French, and the rules will follow, particularly there will indeed be no space before double punctuation.

m@rina
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- "On the office forum, questions are raised regarding office automation..."
- "Oh really???"

Hello m@rina,
how to do it for Word 2007? Please.