[Eric]

Is there any way to replace straight quotes with curly quotes throughout a
document?

Someone has sent me a document that has a lot of straight quotes. I could
replace them one by one, but I wonder if there's an easier way.

I'm using Word 2003.

Thanks.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The first line of attack should be AutoFormat, which will do this easily.
Alternatively, if you have the appropriate AutoFormat As You Type option
enabled, you can search for " and replace with ", and Word will do the
conversion.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Eric" wrote in message
...
Is there any way to replace straight quotes with curly quotes throughout a
document?

Someone has sent me a document that has a lot of straight quotes. I could
replace them one by one, but I wonder if there's an easier way.

I'm using Word 2003.

Thanks.

[Peter T. Daniels]

Also search for ' and replace with '.

On Nov 21, 7:10*pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
The first line of attack should be AutoFormat, which will do this easily.
Alternatively, if you have the appropriate AutoFormat As You Type option
enabled, you can search for " and replace with ", and Word will do the
conversion.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org

"Eric" wrote in message

...



Is there any way to replace straight quotes with curly quotes throughout a
document?

Someone has sent me a document that has a lot of straight quotes. I could
replace them one by one, but I wonder if there's an easier way.

I'm using Word 2003.

Thanks.-

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Yes, of course. Though AutoFormat will take care of those as well (not
always correctly, of course, but neither will Replace).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Peter T. Daniels" wrote in message
...
Also search for ' and replace with '.

On Nov 21, 7:10 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
The first line of attack should be AutoFormat, which will do this easily.
Alternatively, if you have the appropriate AutoFormat As You Type option
enabled, you can search for " and replace with ", and Word will do the
conversion.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org

"Eric" wrote in message

...



Is there any way to replace straight quotes with curly quotes throughout
a
document?

Someone has sent me a document that has a lot of straight quotes. I
could
replace them one by one, but I wonder if there's an easier way.

I'm using Word 2003.

Thanks.-

[Peter T. Daniels]

At the start of a paragraph (also, don't do it with Track Changes
turned on, or after some Track Changes have been entered, since Word
will take into account even crossed-out context) ... also if you
actually _want_ a straight-quote somewhere; but for that you should be
using the prime and double-prime characters at Unicode 02B9 and 02BA
(in the "Spacing Modifiers" range).

On Nov 22, 8:17*am, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
Yes, of course. Though AutoFormat will take care of those as well (not
always correctly, of course, but neither will Replace).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org

"Peter T. Daniels" wrote in ...
Also search for ' and replace with '.

On Nov 21, 7:10 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:



The first line of attack should be AutoFormat, which will do this easily.
Alternatively, if you have the appropriate AutoFormat As You Type option
enabled, you can search for " and replace with ", and Word will do the
conversion.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org

"Eric" wrote in message

...

Is there any way to replace straight quotes with curly quotes throughout
a
document?

Someone has sent me a document that has a lot of straight quotes. I
could
replace them one by one, but I wonder if there's an easier way.

I'm using Word 2003.

Thanks.--

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

At the start of a paragraph...

I'm not sure what that means or how it follows from what I posted. What I
was alluding to, wrt incorrect conversion, is the instances where Word gives
you an opening quote after a dash (where you may want a closing one), or an
opening single quote at the beginning of a word where you want an
apostrophe. In both cases, it is helpful to have memorized the keyboard
shortcuts for the specific characters you want:

Ctrl+', ' apostrophe/closing single quote
Ctrl+`, ` opening single quote
Ctrl+, " closing double quote
Ctrl+`, " opening double quote

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Peter T. Daniels" wrote in message
...
At the start of a paragraph (also, don't do it with Track Changes
turned on, or after some Track Changes have been entered, since Word
will take into account even crossed-out context) ... also if you
actually _want_ a straight-quote somewhere; but for that you should be
using the prime and double-prime characters at Unicode 02B9 and 02BA
(in the "Spacing Modifiers" range).

On Nov 22, 8:17 am, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
Yes, of course. Though AutoFormat will take care of those as well (not
always correctly, of course, but neither will Replace).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org

"Peter T. Daniels" wrote in
...
Also search for ' and replace with '.

On Nov 21, 7:10 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:



The first line of attack should be AutoFormat, which will do this
easily.
Alternatively, if you have the appropriate AutoFormat As You Type option
enabled, you can search for " and replace with ", and Word will do the
conversion.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org

"Eric" wrote in message

...

Is there any way to replace straight quotes with curly quotes
throughout
a
document?

Someone has sent me a document that has a lot of straight quotes. I
could
replace them one by one, but I wonder if there's an easier way.

I'm using Word 2003.

Thanks.--