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search and replace symbols
I have incorrect quotes double and apostrophes in my document, mixed in with
the proper "curley" variety. when sending documents to others or posting on web, the non-curley varieties come up with @ and = signs. I have tried to replace them in the Word document, but the search and replace doesn't see them as apostrophe or quotes, so I have about 200 pages to do by hand. is there a way to specify the symbol (unicode) in the search and replace to do it quicker??? Thank you! |
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pattyjo,
ToolsOptionsAutoCorrectAutoFormatAsYouType. Uncheck the feature to replace straight quotes with curly quotes. Then use find and replace. Put double quotes in both find and replace field and replace all. Repeat with apostrophe. -- Greg Maxey/Word MVP A Peer in Peer to Peer Support pattyjo wrote: I have incorrect quotes double and apostrophes in my document, mixed in with the proper "curley" variety. when sending documents to others or posting on web, the non-curley varieties come up with @ and = signs. I have tried to replace them in the Word document, but the search and replace doesn't see them as apostrophe or quotes, so I have about 200 pages to do by hand. is there a way to specify the symbol (unicode) in the search and replace to do it quicker??? Thank you! |
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Almost certainly the document was converted from WordPerfect, which used the
WP Typographic Symbols font for them, and you do not have that font installed on your current system. Select the @ symbol, copy (Ctrl+C), and paste (Ctrl+V) into the "Find what" box of Word's Find and Replace dialog. In the "Replace with" box type an apostrophe or quote symbol. It will not appear curly but will be autocorrected upon replacement. Repeat with the symbol represented by =. If you have other @ and = signs in the document, you may want to make the replacements one by one instead of using Replace All. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "pattyjo" wrote in message ... I have incorrect quotes double and apostrophes in my document, mixed in with the proper "curley" variety. when sending documents to others or posting on web, the non-curley varieties come up with @ and = signs. I have tried to replace them in the Word document, but the search and replace doesn't see them as apostrophe or quotes, so I have about 200 pages to do by hand. is there a way to specify the symbol (unicode) in the search and replace to do it quicker??? Thank you! |
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