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Distinguishing apostrophes
Hi all,
I'm writing a Java program that takes a text file I made from a Word document, and I need to be able to distinguish between apostrophes and single closing quotes. I've looked up the two symbols in Word, and they're definitely different, so I tried making a shortcut key to always insert an apostrophe, but whenever I do it it still inserts the same character for both apostrophes and closing quotes. Is there a way to insert an apostrophe automatically so it looks like the straight mark it's supposed to be in the symbols, instead of the curly closing quote? Thanks! jezzica85 |
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Hello
I noticed that those curly quotes have ASCII codes: 0x93 and 0x94. However, if you try to insert them manually as: ALT+147 or ALT+148 in notepad, they don't work! So perhaps your Java program can look for 0x93 and 0x94 characters and replace them with 0x22 which is the normal double quote. HTH, Elias "jezzica85" wrote in message ... Hi all, I'm writing a Java program that takes a text file I made from a Word document, and I need to be able to distinguish between apostrophes and single closing quotes. I've looked up the two symbols in Word, and they're definitely different, so I tried making a shortcut key to always insert an apostrophe, but whenever I do it it still inserts the same character for both apostrophes and closing quotes. Is there a way to insert an apostrophe automatically so it looks like the straight mark it's supposed to be in the symbols, instead of the curly closing quote? Thanks! jezzica85 |
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However, if you try to insert them manually as: ALT+147 or ALT+148 in
notepad, they don't work! That's because you need ALT+0147 or 0148 (for double quotes)! -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org lallous wrote: Hello I noticed that those curly quotes have ASCII codes: 0x93 and 0x94. So perhaps your Java program can look for 0x93 and 0x94 characters and replace them with 0x22 which is the normal double quote. HTH, Elias "jezzica85" wrote in message ... Hi all, I'm writing a Java program that takes a text file I made from a Word document, and I need to be able to distinguish between apostrophes and single closing quotes. I've looked up the two symbols in Word, and they're definitely different, so I tried making a shortcut key to always insert an apostrophe, but whenever I do it it still inserts the same character for both apostrophes and closing quotes. Is there a way to insert an apostrophe automatically so it looks like the straight mark it's supposed to be in the symbols, instead of the curly closing quote? Thanks! jezzica85 |
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And NUMLOCK must be activated.
-- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... However, if you try to insert them manually as: ALT+147 or ALT+148 in notepad, they don't work! That's because you need ALT+0147 or 0148 (for double quotes)! -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org lallous wrote: Hello I noticed that those curly quotes have ASCII codes: 0x93 and 0x94. So perhaps your Java program can look for 0x93 and 0x94 characters and replace them with 0x22 which is the normal double quote. HTH, Elias "jezzica85" wrote in message ... Hi all, I'm writing a Java program that takes a text file I made from a Word document, and I need to be able to distinguish between apostrophes and single closing quotes. I've looked up the two symbols in Word, and they're definitely different, so I tried making a shortcut key to always insert an apostrophe, but whenever I do it it still inserts the same character for both apostrophes and closing quotes. Is there a way to insert an apostrophe automatically so it looks like the straight mark it's supposed to be in the symbols, instead of the curly closing quote? Thanks! jezzica85 |
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Hi,
Thank you, I knew about the different ascii codes and how to distinguish them, I guess I wasn't clear enough. What I need to do is figure out a way to insert the apostrophe symbol in a Word document, not the closing quote, without typing everything first and then replacing them all, so my program can distinguish them later. My document is really long and it would be a real pain to go through it manually and replace all the single quotes with apostrophes one at a time. I already tried find and replace, and it doesn't work. "lallous" wrote: Hello I noticed that those curly quotes have ASCII codes: 0x93 and 0x94. However, if you try to insert them manually as: ALT+147 or ALT+148 in notepad, they don't work! So perhaps your Java program can look for 0x93 and 0x94 characters and replace them with 0x22 which is the normal double quote. HTH, Elias "jezzica85" wrote in message ... Hi all, I'm writing a Java program that takes a text file I made from a Word document, and I need to be able to distinguish between apostrophes and single closing quotes. I've looked up the two symbols in Word, and they're definitely different, so I tried making a shortcut key to always insert an apostrophe, but whenever I do it it still inserts the same character for both apostrophes and closing quotes. Is there a way to insert an apostrophe automatically so it looks like the straight mark it's supposed to be in the symbols, instead of the curly closing quote? Thanks! jezzica85 |
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When you insert a "straight" apostrophe, no matter how you do it, Word will
AutoCorrect it if you have the relevant AutoFormat As You Type option (Replace as you type: "Straight quotes" with "smart quotes") enabled. Try disabling this option. You can still type "curly" apostrophes and quotes using the built-in keyboard shortcuts, such as Ctrl+',' for an apostrophe (see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/InsertSpecChars.htm). Alternatively, press Ctrl+Z (Undo) immediately after the AutoCorrection to reverse it. -- 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. "jezzica85" wrote in message ... Hi all, I'm writing a Java program that takes a text file I made from a Word document, and I need to be able to distinguish between apostrophes and single closing quotes. I've looked up the two symbols in Word, and they're definitely different, so I tried making a shortcut key to always insert an apostrophe, but whenever I do it it still inserts the same character for both apostrophes and closing quotes. Is there a way to insert an apostrophe automatically so it looks like the straight mark it's supposed to be in the symbols, instead of the curly closing quote? Thanks! jezzica85 |
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Find and replace surely will work!
Turn off the autoformat while you type option to substitute smart quotes then replace [^0145^0146] with ^039 Check the Use wildcards box. See http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org jezzica85 wrote: Hi, Thank you, I knew about the different ascii codes and how to distinguish them, I guess I wasn't clear enough. What I need to do is figure out a way to insert the apostrophe symbol in a Word document, not the closing quote, without typing everything first and then replacing them all, so my program can distinguish them later. My document is really long and it would be a real pain to go through it manually and replace all the single quotes with apostrophes one at a time. I already tried find and replace, and it doesn't work. "lallous" wrote: Hello I noticed that those curly quotes have ASCII codes: 0x93 and 0x94. However, if you try to insert them manually as: ALT+147 or ALT+148 in notepad, they don't work! So perhaps your Java program can look for 0x93 and 0x94 characters and replace them with 0x22 which is the normal double quote. HTH, Elias "jezzica85" wrote in message ... Hi all, I'm writing a Java program that takes a text file I made from a Word document, and I need to be able to distinguish between apostrophes and single closing quotes. I've looked up the two symbols in Word, and they're definitely different, so I tried making a shortcut key to always insert an apostrophe, but whenever I do it it still inserts the same character for both apostrophes and closing quotes. Is there a way to insert an apostrophe automatically so it looks like the straight mark it's supposed to be in the symbols, instead of the curly closing quote? Thanks! jezzica85 |
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