How to remove more than one space from selected text?

Question

for example

this ( see space between word, space after fullstop and space before fullstip)

We prefer questions that    can be answered, not just discussed.    We prefer questions that can be answered, not just   discussed  .   We prefer   questions that can be answered, not just discussed   .

to this

We prefer questions that can be answered, not just discussed. We prefer questions that can be answered, not just discussed. We prefer questions that can be answered, not just discussed.

Answer 1

AHK has regex support - as such, a quick expression:

^!v::
clipboard:=ClipboardAll
output:=RegexReplace(clipboard, "\s\s+", " ")
output:=RegexReplace(output, "\s([.])", "$1")
sendraw %output%
Return

This hotkey fires on Control-Alt-V. The ^ is control, the ! is alt, and the v is, well, v. Easy to change if you'd like something that doesn't require two hands :)

Hardcoding the . in isn't exactly elegant.
The proof: We prefer questions that can be answered, not just discussed. We prefer questions that can be answered, not just discussed. We prefer questions that can be answered, not just discussed.

Edit: There, AHK does support $1. That ([.]) means "match any of the characters within the []s (in this case... just .), and the brackets mean store what it finds, so it can output it for the $1. The upshot of this is that if you stick other punctuation marks inside that [], they'll be auto-despaced too.

Answer 2

you could use notepad, and replace two spaces with one. :)

Answer 3

You can use the find and replace feature in word.

In 2003:

1. go to the "Edit" menu
2. Choose "Replace"
3. In "Find What", type two spaces
4. In "Replace With" type one space
5. Then click "Replace All"