[Tony Butcher]

Dear all,

I am having problems in Word 2007 with 'smart' quotation marks. (The
correct terminology might be a problem for me, but here goes...).

When typing, I use both the single and double quotation marks (depending on
where I am submitting my manuscripts), but for some reason Word has started
to show the first/opening quotation marks like this: ,example1'
,,example2'' whereas I nedd them like they always used to be, like this:
'example1' "example2". (Note that although they are straight in this
posting, but in Word it does alter them to the 'curly' type, but with the
first at a subscript level).

I have the autocorrect option for smartquotes selected, and my keyboard is
set to the right language.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated...I'm sure it may be something very
simple, but I can't spot it!!

Many thanks in advance,

Tony.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

This is almost certainly a language setting. Regardless of the keyboard
language setting, check the language format of the text itself, by selecting
a portion containing the "dumb" quotes and using Review | Proofing | Set
Language to check/set the language.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Tony Butcher" Tony wrote in message
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Dear all,

I am having problems in Word 2007 with 'smart' quotation marks. (The
correct terminology might be a problem for me, but here goes...).

When typing, I use both the single and double quotation marks (depending
on
where I am submitting my manuscripts), but for some reason Word has
started
to show the first/opening quotation marks like this: ,example1'
,,example2'' whereas I nedd them like they always used to be, like this:
'example1' "example2". (Note that although they are straight in this
posting, but in Word it does alter them to the 'curly' type, but with the
first at a subscript level).

I have the autocorrect option for smartquotes selected, and my keyboard is
set to the right language.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated...I'm sure it may be something
very
simple, but I can't spot it!!

Many thanks in advance,

Tony.

[Jay Freedman]

On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 05:24:01 -0800, Tony Butcher Tony
wrote:

Dear all,

I am having problems in Word 2007 with 'smart' quotation marks. (The
correct terminology might be a problem for me, but here goes...).

When typing, I use both the single and double quotation marks (depending on
where I am submitting my manuscripts), but for some reason Word has started
to show the first/opening quotation marks like this: ,example1'
,,example2'' whereas I nedd them like they always used to be, like this:
'example1' "example2". (Note that although they are straight in this
posting, but in Word it does alter them to the 'curly' type, but with the
first at a subscript level).

I have the autocorrect option for smartquotes selected, and my keyboard is
set to the right language.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated...I'm sure it may be something very
simple, but I can't spot it!!

Many thanks in advance,

Tony.

The keyboard language isn't the only one you have to set properly.
Read http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/LangFmt.htm for
further instructions. In Word 2007, the equivalent of the menu item
Tools Language Set Language is on the Review ribbon (an unlabeled
button in the Proofing group). The keyboard autodetect setting doesn't
exist (it wasn't in Word 2003, either).

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
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