[Forum] RE: tabbing for dialog

[quote='Crosstees' pid='25426' dateline='1445386558']But [if] you are preparing material that won't be typeset, and you want to make it readable, you should just set the paragraphs to some reasonable indent, maybe a standard 0.5 inch initial indent for each new paragraph.[/quote] If you're using

[Forum] RE: Suspension points/ellipsis character and spacing

[quote='tutenkharnage' pid='31254' dateline='1483565813'] According to [url=http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/16/ch13/ch13_sec048.html]CMOS 13.48[/url], the single-glyph character is "usually" marked by a space on each side. [/quote] Good point, Tut. If the single-glyph character came at the

[Forum] Suspension points/ellipsis character and spacing

I edit fiction, and authors use a lot of suspension points, particularly in dialogue. The publishers I work for prefer the ellipsis character MS Word autocorrects to, over spaced periods. Is there any consensus about whether to follow the points/ellipsis with a space? It's a moot point if you're

[Forum] Movie Script formatting

This is a block quote in the thesis. But I cannot find a definitive answer about spacing between character's lines. It looks a little jammed up single spaced; but that is the spacing of block quotes. I thought I also saw it somewhere with 1 line between characters...need a definitive answer. thank

[Forum] Double line spacing in student bibliography

Chicago Manual 16th ed recomends double line spacing in manuscripts. However, Turabian recomends single-space bibliographies internally, leaving double space in between. Student papers submitted to professors are treated as manuscripts, right? Is there a special rule for undergraduate student paper

[Forum] Spacing before and after forward slash

CMOS advocates no spacing before and after a forward slash. Does anybody ever deviate? Sample: xxxxx [color=#FF0000]/[/color] xxxxx or xxxxx[color=#FF0000]/[/color]xxxxx

[Forum] RE: About citation formatting and multiple citations

Hi Ana, I was going to upload a screenshot but looks like you have to link to them. Usually the note is formatted like this: --> (tab indent) 1. Citation and/or supplemental text begins on same line. Remove superscript from note number. A couple other notes: Line spacing depends on th

[Forum] RE: spacing with em dashes

No spaces.

[Forum] RE: Spacing Between Sentences

That's hilarious!

[Forum] RE: Can I change periods and spacing in intialisms?

You're welcome.