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JulieMae
 
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When I type quotation marks using microsoft word, they come out curly and the
right quotation mark is upside down. I want regular straight quotation marks.
How do I get them? I want them to look like this " " but they don't. They
come out different as I said above. What can I do to rectify this? Thanks,
JulieMae
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Tools + Autocorrect and then on the AutoFormat as you type, clear the
'Straight quotes with smart quotes' option.

"JulieMae" wrote:

When I type quotation marks using microsoft word, they come out curly and the
right quotation mark is upside down. I want regular straight quotation marks.
How do I get them? I want them to look like this " " but they don't. They
come out different as I said above. What can I do to rectify this? Thanks,
JulieMae

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Thank you. It worked! JulieMae

"AA2e72E" wrote:

Tools + Autocorrect and then on the AutoFormat as you type, clear the
'Straight quotes with smart quotes' option.

"JulieMae" wrote:

When I type quotation marks using microsoft word, they come out curly and the
right quotation mark is upside down. I want regular straight quotation marks.
How do I get them? I want them to look like this " " but they don't. They
come out different as I said above. What can I do to rectify this? Thanks,
JulieMae

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If you *always* want straight quotation marks (because you're using Courier
New or because you're creating code), clear the "'Straight quotes' with
'smart quotes'" check box on the AutoFormat As You Type tab of Tools |
AutoCorrect (AutoCorrect Options in Word 2002/2003). If you just want them
occasionally, press Ctrl+Z (Undo) to reverse the correction and revert the
curly quotes to straight quotes.

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"JulieMae" wrote in message
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When I type quotation marks using microsoft word, they come out curly and

the
right quotation mark is upside down. I want regular straight quotation

marks.
How do I get them? I want them to look like this " " but they don't.

They
come out different as I said above. What can I do to rectify this?

Thanks,
JulieMae


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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

If you *always* want straight quotation marks (because you're using Courier
New or because you're creating code), clear the "'Straight quotes' with
'smart quotes'" check box on the AutoFormat As You Type tab of Tools |
AutoCorrect (AutoCorrect Options in Word 2002/2003). If you just want them
occasionally, press Ctrl+Z (Undo) to reverse the correction and revert the
curly quotes to straight quotes.

--
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.

o I get them? I want them to look like this " " but they don't.
They
come out different as I said above. What can I do to rectify this?

Thanks,
JulieMae


It so happens I am creating a document in Courier font that contains VBA code so I want straight quotes. I put an AutoOpen module in the document to turn off the curly quotes AutoFormat and an AutoClose module to turn it back on. What has me really puzzled is that the AutoCorrect dialog box shows the curly quote feature is turned off but I'm still getting curly quotes when I type. There must be something else going on here that I can't find.



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Could it be that your macro changes the settings in AutoFormat and not
AutoFormat As You Type?

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"MJ" wrote in message
...


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

If you *always* want straight quotation marks (because you're using
Courier
New or because you're creating code), clear the "'Straight quotes' with
'smart quotes'" check box on the AutoFormat As You Type tab of Tools |
AutoCorrect (AutoCorrect Options in Word 2002/2003). If you just want
them
occasionally, press Ctrl+Z (Undo) to reverse the correction and revert
the
curly quotes to straight quotes.

--
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.

o I get them? I want them to look like this " " but they don't.
They
come out different as I said above. What can I do to rectify this?

Thanks,
JulieMae


It so happens I am creating a document in Courier font that contains VBA
code so I want straight quotes. I put an AutoOpen module in the document
to turn off the curly quotes AutoFormat and an AutoClose module to turn
it back on. What has me really puzzled is that the AutoCorrect dialog box
shows the curly quote feature is turned off but I'm still getting curly
quotes when I type. There must be something else going on here that I
can't find.




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It is amazing how many posts relate to this reversed curly quote issue.
Straight quotes are an answer yes, but why can't you use curly quotes and
have them come out correctly? No one seems to be able to solve this riddle,
maybe an issue to send to Microsoft for programming?

"JulieMae" wrote:

When I type quotation marks using microsoft word, they come out curly and the
right quotation mark is upside down. I want regular straight quotation marks.
How do I get them? I want them to look like this " " but they don't. They
come out different as I said above. What can I do to rectify this? Thanks,
JulieMae

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"Upside-down" is a subjective description. Quotation marks vary depending on
font, but ordinarily the closing quote character will be a 180-degree
rotation of the opening quote character (rotated, not flipped horizontally).

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Words into Type
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"Mary jane" wrote in message
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It is amazing how many posts relate to this reversed curly quote issue.
Straight quotes are an answer yes, but why can't you use curly quotes and
have them come out correctly? No one seems to be able to solve this

riddle,
maybe an issue to send to Microsoft for programming?

"JulieMae" wrote:

When I type quotation marks using microsoft word, they come out curly

and the
right quotation mark is upside down. I want regular straight quotation

marks.
How do I get them? I want them to look like this " " but they don't.

They
come out different as I said above. What can I do to rectify this?

Thanks,
JulieMae


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I was having this problem just now and have chosen to use the straight
quotation marks but thought I'd copy paste an example of the issue I'm having
clarify. I made sure there are no unclosed quotations elsewhere in the text
so I have no clue why it is looking like this... see below.


I am writing a sentence and now €žI want to quote something€ś but obviously
these quotes dont look correct!


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

"Upside-down" is a subjective description. Quotation marks vary depending on
font, but ordinarily the closing quote character will be a 180-degree
rotation of the opening quote character (rotated, not flipped horizontally).

--
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.

"Mary jane" wrote in message
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It is amazing how many posts relate to this reversed curly quote issue.
Straight quotes are an answer yes, but why can't you use curly quotes and
have them come out correctly? No one seems to be able to solve this

riddle,
maybe an issue to send to Microsoft for programming?

"JulieMae" wrote:

When I type quotation marks using microsoft word, they come out curly

and the
right quotation mark is upside down. I want regular straight quotation

marks.
How do I get them? I want them to look like this " " but they don't.

They
come out different as I said above. What can I do to rectify this?

Thanks,
JulieMae



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Okay, these are a different matter and are caused by having the wrong
language (perhaps German) applied to the text.

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"Frustrated College Student Abroad" Frustrated College Student
wrote in message
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I was having this problem just now and have chosen to use the straight
quotation marks but thought I'd copy paste an example of the issue I'm
having
clarify. I made sure there are no unclosed quotations elsewhere in the
text
so I have no clue why it is looking like this... see below.


I am writing a sentence and now "I want to quote something" but obviously
these quotes don't look correct!


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

"Upside-down" is a subjective description. Quotation marks vary depending
on
font, but ordinarily the closing quote character will be a 180-degree
rotation of the opening quote character (rotated, not flipped
horizontally).

--
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.

"Mary jane" wrote in message
...
It is amazing how many posts relate to this reversed curly quote issue.
Straight quotes are an answer yes, but why can't you use curly quotes
and
have them come out correctly? No one seems to be able to solve this

riddle,
maybe an issue to send to Microsoft for programming?

"JulieMae" wrote:

When I type quotation marks using microsoft word, they come out curly

and the
right quotation mark is upside down. I want regular straight
quotation

marks.
How do I get them? I want them to look like this " " but they
don't.

They
come out different as I said above. What can I do to rectify this?

Thanks,
JulieMae








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