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Change Quote marks
How can I replace my straight quote marks ('') with smart
quote marks? (") This option is available in Word 2002 Auto Format, but cannot be selected alone. When I attempted to do that, everything in my thesis changed: lines, paragraphs, etc. I there a way I can fix the quote marks in EditFindReplace with as I do for misspelled words? (I tried but the smart quotes are not an option. Or, is there a way to configure AutoFormat to select ONLY the quote marks and leave everything else alone? If anyone has an answer, I would appreciate it in simple terms, since this is my first time dealing with these issues. Thanks for listening to this question. |
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If you turn the option on the AutoFormat As You Type options, you can simply
do a replace of " by " (same double quote character) and the smart quotes will be applied. (I use this method with some additional style conditions to create smart quotes in text and straight quotes in computer code examples.) -- Margaret Aldis - Microsoft Word MVP Syntagma partnership site: http://www.syntagma.co.uk Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org "Josh" wrote in message ... How can I replace my straight quote marks ('') with smart quote marks? (") This option is available in Word 2002 Auto Format, but cannot be selected alone. When I attempted to do that, everything in my thesis changed: lines, paragraphs, etc. I there a way I can fix the quote marks in EditFindReplace with as I do for misspelled words? (I tried but the smart quotes are not an option. Or, is there a way to configure AutoFormat to select ONLY the quote marks and leave everything else alone? If anyone has an answer, I would appreciate it in simple terms, since this is my first time dealing with these issues. Thanks for listening to this question. |
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In addition, you *can* clear all the other check boxes in the AutoFormat
dialog and then run AutoFormat. I find this approach also works well. I keep AutoFormat set up a little differently from AutoFormat As You Type just for this purpose. -- 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. "Margaret Aldis" wrote in message ... If you turn the option on the AutoFormat As You Type options, you can simply do a replace of " by " (same double quote character) and the smart quotes will be applied. (I use this method with some additional style conditions to create smart quotes in text and straight quotes in computer code examples.) -- Margaret Aldis - Microsoft Word MVP Syntagma partnership site: http://www.syntagma.co.uk Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org "Josh" wrote in message ... How can I replace my straight quote marks ('') with smart quote marks? (") This option is available in Word 2002 Auto Format, but cannot be selected alone. When I attempted to do that, everything in my thesis changed: lines, paragraphs, etc. I there a way I can fix the quote marks in EditFindReplace with as I do for misspelled words? (I tried but the smart quotes are not an option. Or, is there a way to configure AutoFormat to select ONLY the quote marks and leave everything else alone? If anyone has an answer, I would appreciate it in simple terms, since this is my first time dealing with these issues. Thanks for listening to this question. |
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