Apostrophe as in class of '06

[Guest]

I must find out how to make a single quote curly yet in the right direction.
Example: Class of '06. Cannot use straight - required to use curly - time
consuming. Any suggestions?

 

[Jay Freedman]

Insert the character directly, instead of trying to get AutoFormat to
change a straight quote for you.

Make sure NumLock is turned on. Hold down the Alt key while you type
the number 0146 on the number pad, and then release the Alt key. The
character ’ is the closing curly quote in most fonts.

For more info see
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/InsertSpecChars.htm.

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[wal]

I must find out how to make a single quote curly yet in the right direction.
Example: Class of '06. Cannot use straight - required to use curly - time
consuming. Any suggestions?

Here's a couple. (Note: curly quotes will not show here. Any straight
quotes that appear here are intended to symbolize curly quotes, unless
otherwise noted. You will first need to turn on Smart Quotes if you
have not already done so: Tools > AutoCorrect & AutoFormat Options >
AutoFormat as You Type tab > Straight quotes with Smart quotes box.)

1. With curly quotes (smart quotes) on, type something like:
The class of' 06

I.e., with the quote mark after the word "of". It will be in the
desired direction. Now change the spacing. Of course, this is
cumbersome.

2. Use AutoCorrect. This takes a couple of steps to set up.

With Smart Quotes on, type '06, with the automatic wrong-direction
curly quote. Select and copy the '06. Move the cursor away from the
selection. Tools menu > AutoCorrect & AutoFormat Options > AutoCorrect
tab.

In the Replace box, paste the wrong-direction '06. In the With box,
type '06 (in this case, the quote mark will be straight. Smart Quotes
doesn't work inside this dialog box). Press OK.

Now, type a quoted word that has the curly quote in your desired
direction, e.g.: 'book'. The quote mark on the right is the one you
want. Select and copy it. Move the cursor away from the selection.
Go back into AutoCorrect. Scroll down till you find the entry you just
made. In the With box, replace the straight quote mark of '06 by
pasting in the correct-direction curly quote. Press Replace, then Yes,
then OK.

To test if your entry works, type '06 in the document. The quote mark
will at first be in the wrong direction. When you type the space or a
punctuation mark after the 6, it will convert to the desired direction.


You can go back into AutoCorrect and use the '06 entry to create
entries for '04, '05, etc. by cutting and pasting within AutoCorrect,
without having to go back and forth to the document.

I hope this helps

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You can force an apostrophe in such constructions using the built-in
short-cut Ctrl+', '. That is, press the Ctrl and apostrophe keys together,
release, then press the apostrophe key again. For more such shortcuts, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/InsertSpecChars.htm

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

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