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Can I search for straight quotes (") and exclude curly quotes (“ ”

 
 
Eric
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      8th Dec 2007
A Find with straight quotes will also find curly quotes. Is there any way to
search for "straight quotes" only, and prevent Word from finding “curly
quotes” ?

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Graham Mayor
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      8th Dec 2007
Search for ^034 (double quotes) or ^039 (single quote)

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Eric wrote:
> A Find with straight quotes will also find curly quotes. Is there
> any way to search for "straight quotes" only, and prevent Word from
> finding "curly quotes" ?
>
> Thanks.



 
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Eric
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      8th Dec 2007
Thanks. Where can I find a list of these codes (like ^034)?

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

> Search for ^034 (double quotes) or ^039 (single quote)
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> Graham Mayor - Word MVP
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> My web site www.gmayor.com
> Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
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> Eric wrote:
> > A Find with straight quotes will also find curly quotes. Is there
> > any way to search for "straight quotes" only, and prevent Word from
> > finding "curly quotes" ?
> >
> > Thanks.

>
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Jay Freedman
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      8th Dec 2007
In the Insert > Symbol dialog, select the character, and look at the
ASCII (decimal) value listed in the lower right corner of the dialog.
Prefix the number with the caret character.

There are a few nonprinting characters that don't appear in the Symbol
dialog, such as paragraph marks, line breaks, and optional hyphens.
For those you can use the codes or numeric values listed on Graham's
page, http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm in the table
titled "Control Codes".

On Sat, 8 Dec 2007 07:57:02 -0800, Eric
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>Thanks. Where can I find a list of these codes (like ^034)?
>
>"Graham Mayor" wrote:
>
>> Search for ^034 (double quotes) or ^039 (single quote)
>>
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>> <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
>> Graham Mayor - Word MVP
>>
>> My web site www.gmayor.com
>> Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
>> <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
>>
>> Eric wrote:
>> > A Find with straight quotes will also find curly quotes. Is there
>> > any way to search for "straight quotes" only, and prevent Word from
>> > finding "curly quotes" ?
>> >
>> > Thanks.

>>
>>
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