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Old 10-29-2014, 05:57 PM
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Originally Posted by redwitch View Post
I blame the court system. At first, briefs were limited to a certain page length. Once we legal secretaries learned how to manipulate a computer so that we could add our attorneys' extra five pages to fit the limited length, the courts went to word length. Well, a word was considered five characters regardless of length. Two spaces added several words and, thus, one space it was.
I worked for attorneys as well, but I was taught the "two space rule" in high school typing. I didn't know it had changed either.