How do I change the ordinary quotation marks ("quote") to the gra.

[Guest]

In OpenOffice.org there is a setting to replace ordinary quotation marks
("quote") with grammatical quotation marks (»quote«) - but I can't seem to
find this setting in Microsoft Word...

 

[Graham Mayor]

Use a wildcard search for
"(*)"
replace with
»\1«

or as a macro if you need to do it a lot:

Selection.HomeKey Unit:=wdStory
Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting
With Selection.Find
.Text = """(*)"""
.Replacement.Text = "»\1«"
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.Format = False
.MatchCase = False
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchWildcards = True
End With
Selection.Find.Execute replace:=wdReplaceAll

See http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You can do this with AutoFormat. Enable the "Straight quotes with smart
quotes" option on the AutoFormat tab of Tools | AutoCorrect Options. Then
use the AutoFormat button on the Standard toolbar or Format | AutoFormat:
AutoFormat now for the entire document.

I'm curious, though: Does Danish use guillemets in the opposite direction
from French (»quote« as opposed to «quote») ? Whatever the convention is,
Word will adhere to it if you have the correct language applied.

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

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