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Open quote marks
When I type in a quote mark, I have to type the quote, then hit the space
bar before it will show on the screen. Is this fixable, or just the way Word works? Also, lately, when I type an open quote, it shows as a close quote unless I put two spaces before the quote. Then I have to go back and delete the extra space. Is there a tool I can use to fix this problem? |
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The usual reason for this is that you have enabled an international keyboard
layout, in which the quote key acts as a "dead key" for accented letters. If you press, say, apostrophe, then e, you get é; in order to get an apostrophe (or single quote), you have to press the spacebar. The best solution in your case is to change the keyboard layout to US or UK, as appropriate. See Windows Control Panel | Keyboard or Control Panel | Regional Options | Input Locales. -- 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. "Editfriend" wrote in message news When I type in a quote mark, I have to type the quote, then hit the space bar before it will show on the screen. Is this fixable, or just the way Word works? Also, lately, when I type an open quote, it shows as a close quote unless I put two spaces before the quote. Then I have to go back and delete the extra space. Is there a tool I can use to fix this problem? |
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I checked the Control Panel and I changed from US-International to US only,
but still have to add a space after typing the quote. It did help the problem of the backward quote, though. Thanks for your reply! Any other suggestions? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The usual reason for this is that you have enabled an international keyboard layout, in which the quote key acts as a "dead key" for accented letters. If you press, say, apostrophe, then e, you get é; in order to get an apostrophe (or single quote), you have to press the spacebar. The best solution in your case is to change the keyboard layout to US or UK, as appropriate. See Windows Control Panel | Keyboard or Control Panel | Regional Options | Input Locales. -- 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. "Editfriend" wrote in message news When I type in a quote mark, I have to type the quote, then hit the space bar before it will show on the screen. Is this fixable, or just the way Word works? Also, lately, when I type an open quote, it shows as a close quote unless I put two spaces before the quote. Then I have to go back and delete the extra space. Is there a tool I can use to fix this problem? |
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Still something wrong with the keyboard, then. Do you have any other
languages enabled? -- 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. "Editfriend" wrote in message ... I checked the Control Panel and I changed from US-International to US only, but still have to add a space after typing the quote. It did help the problem of the backward quote, though. Thanks for your reply! Any other suggestions? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The usual reason for this is that you have enabled an international keyboard layout, in which the quote key acts as a "dead key" for accented letters. If you press, say, apostrophe, then e, you get é; in order to get an apostrophe (or single quote), you have to press the spacebar. The best solution in your case is to change the keyboard layout to US or UK, as appropriate. See Windows Control Panel | Keyboard or Control Panel | Regional Options | Input Locales. -- 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. "Editfriend" wrote in message news When I type in a quote mark, I have to type the quote, then hit the space bar before it will show on the screen. Is this fixable, or just the way Word works? Also, lately, when I type an open quote, it shows as a close quote unless I put two spaces before the quote. Then I have to go back and delete the extra space. Is there a tool I can use to fix this problem? |
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No, I have no other languages enabled.
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Still something wrong with the keyboard, then. Do you have any other languages enabled? -- 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. "Editfriend" wrote in message ... I checked the Control Panel and I changed from US-International to US only, but still have to add a space after typing the quote. It did help the problem of the backward quote, though. Thanks for your reply! Any other suggestions? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The usual reason for this is that you have enabled an international keyboard layout, in which the quote key acts as a "dead key" for accented letters. If you press, say, apostrophe, then e, you get é; in order to get an apostrophe (or single quote), you have to press the spacebar. The best solution in your case is to change the keyboard layout to US or UK, as appropriate. See Windows Control Panel | Keyboard or Control Panel | Regional Options | Input Locales. -- 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. "Editfriend" wrote in message news When I type in a quote mark, I have to type the quote, then hit the space bar before it will show on the screen. Is this fixable, or just the way Word works? Also, lately, when I type an open quote, it shows as a close quote unless I put two spaces before the quote. Then I have to go back and delete the extra space. Is there a tool I can use to fix this problem? |
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