Problem: Spaces randomly deleted between words. For example: This is a sentencewith an example of the error.
Scale: 7 of 14 students (50%) which strongly suggest a non-student specific causation.
Prevalence: As much as 8 occurrences within two (double spaced) pages.
Factors:
- Original Creation of Documents: 2010 Word for Windows (Professional Plus) & 2011 Word for Macintosh*1
- Documents reviewed with 2011 Word for Macintosh (possibly edited/resaved as well).
- Documents submitted to instructor and reviewed for accuracy on 2010 Word for Windows (Enterprise Edition).
- Random missing spaces between words was observed in the digital version at the destination computer (instructors computer) using 2010 Word Enterprise Edition.
*1 - The documents were almost evenly created between Windows and Macintosh platforms between the 7 students that experienced the anomaly, yet, the anomaly WAS NOT present when the students submitted originally. In other words, students used both platforms and the anomaly did not exist at the time all the papers were digitally submitted to the instructor.
Factors not contributing: To be clear, this issue has nothing to do with printers or drivers, this issue is strictly relating to Microsoft Word as the anomaly was observed in the digital version of the files.
Potential contributing factors: Documents were emailed to Gmail account, reviewed to ensure no data corruption using 2011 Word for Macintosh then they were copied to an external hard drive. The hard drive was then plugged into a Windows platform and reviewed by the instructor, at which time the anomaly was present.
Root Cause: ???
V/R,
James