how to automatically insert smart quotes in Word 2007

  • Thread starter Thread starter Millie
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Word 2007 has smart quotes enabled by default, but the setting is at Office
Button | Word Options | Proofing | AutoCorrect Options | AutoFormat As You
Type.
 
Millie said:
Is there a way to do this?
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Of course there is!

Go to Office button > Word Options > Proofing > AutoCorrect Options >
AutoFormat As You Type and check the box for "'Straight quotes' with 'smart
quotes'".

While you're there, you may want to uncheck many of the other items. See
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/TameAutoFormat.htm.

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Is there a way to do this?
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If you receive a document that has straight quotes and you want to
make them into smart quotes, do a Find/Replace (Ctrl-H) with " in the
Find box and " in the Replace box; then do it again with ' and '.
(Yes, you don't have to type anything special in the Replace box,
because you have the "Use smart quotes" option checked as Jay and
Suzanne explained.)
 
Is there a way to do this?
Click to expand...

If you receive a document that has straight quotes and you want to
make them into smart quotes, do a Find/Replace (Ctrl-H) with " in the
Find box and " in the Replace box; then do it again with ' and '.
(Yes, you don't have to type anything special in the Replace box,
because you have the "Use smart quotes" option checked as Jay and
Suzanne explained.)

Please, what are smart quotes?

Mary
 
Alternatively, with that (and perhaps only that) option enabled in
AutoFormat, you can run AutoFormat over the document. That's one of the
first buttons I added to my QAT.

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

Is there a way to do this?
Click to expand...

If you receive a document that has straight quotes and you want to
make them into smart quotes, do a Find/Replace (Ctrl-H) with " in the
Find box and " in the Replace box; then do it again with ' and '.
(Yes, you don't have to type anything special in the Replace box,
because you have the "Use smart quotes" option checked as Jay and
Suzanne explained.)
 
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