[Joe 6-pack]

"An older woman in my office was befuddled when computers replaced typewriters. She couldn’t figure out why formulas in her Lotus program wouldn’t compute. Turns out she was entering a lower-case “L” instead of numerical “1”. Well, that’s where “1” was on typewriters."

Today, many job applications are screened and processed by computer to narrow the candidate pool. In the old manual typewriter days, typing students were taught to enter two spaces after a period prior to starting the next sentence. Word processing programs will auto space the text with just one space. Some of the pre-employment screening algorithms are designed to look for these extra spaces in resumes and cover letters in order to weed out older applicants.

[MayflowerMadam]

“taught to enter two spaces after a period prior to starting the next sentence.”

I was taught that, and I do that. Hard habit to break.

[Bikkuri]

No way.. I STILL double space after a period...
It’s a “no go” now?