Punctuation in Word 2003

[Guest]

When I type a document in and copy/paste it to a website, the apostrophes in
my document appear as small boxes. How can I stop this from happening?

 

[JoAnn Paules]

I'm betting it's because you are using curly quotation marks and the website
wants plain vanilla ones.

 

[Guest]

The problem is not with quotation marks - it's only with apostrophes. Any
other suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Same idea - it's curly and not straight.

 

[Guest]

Thank you for your response JoAnn. I only have one apostrophe on my keyboard
so I don't know what else I can use. If you can provide further assistance,
I would appreciate it.

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Since it's an existing document, delete out the marks and replace them with
a new one. (It's a setting in Word to automatically replace them with
curlies but this computer uses 2007 so the setting may not be the same as
yours.)

 

[Guest]

Hi Helen,

In Word 2003 the option that controls whether Word automatically replaces
straight apostrophes (and quotation marks) with curly ones is under
Tools/AutoCorrect options/AutoFormat as you type/Replace as you
type/"Straight quotes" with "smart quotes"

What you can do to "clean" a document of the curlies is to turn that option
off temporarily, do a find and replace, and then turn the option on again.
(You need to turn the option off before you do the replacement otherwise Word
will change the straight versions back to curlies as soon as the replacements
are done.)

To find and replace the curly apostrophes, bring up the Find and Replace
dialog and in the Find what box type [^0145^0146] and in the Replace with box
type ^039. Tick the Use wildcards box before clicking Replace or Replace all.

To replace curly (double) quotes you can do a find for [^0147^0148] and
replace with ^034.

Regards.

Ed

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You don't need to enter the numbers: just type " or ' in both boxes and Word
will take care of the appropriate replacement.

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

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

Hi Helen,

In Word 2003 the option that controls whether Word automatically replaces
straight apostrophes (and quotation marks) with curly ones is under
Tools/AutoCorrect options/AutoFormat as you type/Replace as you
type/"Straight quotes" with "smart quotes"

What you can do to "clean" a document of the curlies is to turn that option
off temporarily, do a find and replace, and then turn the option on again.
(You need to turn the option off before you do the replacement otherwise Word
will change the straight versions back to curlies as soon as the replacements
are done.)

To find and replace the curly apostrophes, bring up the Find and Replace
dialog and in the Find what box type [^0145^0146] and in the Replace with box
type ^039. Tick the Use wildcards box before clicking Replace or Replace all.

To replace curly (double) quotes you can do a find for [^0147^0148] and
replace with ^034.

Regards.

Ed

Thank you for your response JoAnn. I only have one apostrophe on my keyboard
so I don't know what else I can use. If you can provide further assistance,
I would appreciate it.

 

[Guest]

Hi Suzanne. It never occurred to me that that would work (to my mind it seems
somehow a little bit warped.) But it does! So thanks.

Regards.

Ed

You don't need to enter the numbers: just type " or ' in both boxes and Word
will take care of the appropriate replacement.

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

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

Hi Helen,

In Word 2003 the option that controls whether Word automatically replaces
straight apostrophes (and quotation marks) with curly ones is under
Tools/AutoCorrect options/AutoFormat as you type/Replace as you
type/"Straight quotes" with "smart quotes"

What you can do to "clean" a document of the curlies is to turn that option
off temporarily, do a find and replace, and then turn the option on again.
(You need to turn the option off before you do the replacement otherwise Word
will change the straight versions back to curlies as soon as the replacements
are done.)

To find and replace the curly apostrophes, bring up the Find and Replace
dialog and in the Find what box type [^0145^0146] and in the Replace with box
type ^039. Tick the Use wildcards box before clicking Replace or Replace all.

To replace curly (double) quotes you can do a find for [^0147^0148] and
replace with ^034.

Regards.

Ed

Thank you for your response JoAnn. I only have one apostrophe on my keyboard
so I don't know what else I can use. If you can provide further assistance,
I would appreciate it.

:

Same idea - it's curly and not straight.

--

JoAnn Paules
Microsoft MVP - Publisher



The problem is not with quotation marks - it's only with apostrophes. Any
other suggestions would be appreciated.

:

I'm betting it's because you are using curly quotation marks and the
website
wants plain vanilla ones.

--

JoAnn Paules
Microsoft MVP - Publisher



When I type a document in and copy/paste it to a website, the
apostrophes
in
my document appear as small boxes. How can I stop this from happening?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The trick is that AutoFormat As You Type is fired by the replacement, so you
get a straight or curly apostrophe/quote depending on the setting of that
option in AutoFormat As You type.

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

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

Hi Suzanne. It never occurred to me that that would work (to my mind it seems
somehow a little bit warped.) But it does! So thanks.

Regards.

Ed

You don't need to enter the numbers: just type " or ' in both boxes and Word
will take care of the appropriate replacement.

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

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

Hi Helen,

In Word 2003 the option that controls whether Word automatically replaces
straight apostrophes (and quotation marks) with curly ones is under
Tools/AutoCorrect options/AutoFormat as you type/Replace as you
type/"Straight quotes" with "smart quotes"

What you can do to "clean" a document of the curlies is to turn that option
off temporarily, do a find and replace, and then turn the option on again.
(You need to turn the option off before you do the replacement

otherwise
Word

will change the straight versions back to curlies as soon as the replacements
are done.)

To find and replace the curly apostrophes, bring up the Find and Replace
dialog and in the Find what box type [^0145^0146] and in the Replace

with
box

type ^039. Tick the Use wildcards box before clicking Replace or

Replace
all.

To replace curly (double) quotes you can do a find for [^0147^0148] and
replace with ^034.

Regards.

Ed

:

Thank you for your response JoAnn. I only have one apostrophe on my keyboard
so I don't know what else I can use. If you can provide further assistance,
I would appreciate it.

:

Same idea - it's curly and not straight.

--

JoAnn Paules
Microsoft MVP - Publisher



The problem is not with quotation marks - it's only with apostrophes. Any
other suggestions would be appreciated.

:

I'm betting it's because you are using curly quotation marks

and
the

website
wants plain vanilla ones.

--

JoAnn Paules
Microsoft MVP - Publisher



When I type a document in and copy/paste it to a website, the
apostrophes
in
my document appear as small boxes. How can I stop this from happening?

 

[Guest]

Hi Suzanne,

I suppose it's maybe just a question of viewpoint as to whether the
behaviour is a little warped or not. If you think of the curly and straight
variants as distinct entities then, on the face of it, it seems a little odd
that you can find one of them (the curly) by searching for the other (the
straight), but if you think of them as entities that Word "regards" as (for
some purposes) the same thing then it's not so odd.

Still, given that it works, it's not a problem.

Thanks for the information.

Regards.

Ed

The trick is that AutoFormat As You Type is fired by the replacement, so you
get a straight or curly apostrophe/quote depending on the setting of that
option in AutoFormat As You type.

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

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

Hi Suzanne. It never occurred to me that that would work (to my mind it seems
somehow a little bit warped.) But it does! So thanks.

Regards.

Ed

You don't need to enter the numbers: just type " or ' in both boxes and Word
will take care of the appropriate replacement.

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

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

Hi Helen,

In Word 2003 the option that controls whether Word automatically replaces
straight apostrophes (and quotation marks) with curly ones is under
Tools/AutoCorrect options/AutoFormat as you type/Replace as you
type/"Straight quotes" with "smart quotes"

What you can do to "clean" a document of the curlies is to turn that
option
off temporarily, do a find and replace, and then turn the option on again.
(You need to turn the option off before you do the replacement otherwise
Word
will change the straight versions back to curlies as soon as the
replacements
are done.)

To find and replace the curly apostrophes, bring up the Find and Replace
dialog and in the Find what box type [^0145^0146] and in the Replace with
box
type ^039. Tick the Use wildcards box before clicking Replace or Replace
all.

To replace curly (double) quotes you can do a find for [^0147^0148] and
replace with ^034.

Regards.

Ed

:

Thank you for your response JoAnn. I only have one apostrophe on my
keyboard
so I don't know what else I can use. If you can provide further
assistance,
I would appreciate it.

:

Same idea - it's curly and not straight.

--

JoAnn Paules
Microsoft MVP - Publisher



The problem is not with quotation marks - it's only with
apostrophes. Any
other suggestions would be appreciated.

:

I'm betting it's because you are using curly quotation marks and
the
website
wants plain vanilla ones.

--

JoAnn Paules
Microsoft MVP - Publisher



When I type a document in and copy/paste it to a website, the
apostrophes
in
my document appear as small boxes. How can I stop this from
happening?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Yes, I was focusing on the replacement. The Find operation is a bit
illogical (but handy).

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

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

Hi Suzanne,

I suppose it's maybe just a question of viewpoint as to whether the
behaviour is a little warped or not. If you think of the curly and straight
variants as distinct entities then, on the face of it, it seems a little odd
that you can find one of them (the curly) by searching for the other (the
straight), but if you think of them as entities that Word "regards" as (for
some purposes) the same thing then it's not so odd.

Still, given that it works, it's not a problem.

Thanks for the information.

Regards.

Ed

The trick is that AutoFormat As You Type is fired by the replacement, so you
get a straight or curly apostrophe/quote depending on the setting of that
option in AutoFormat As You type.

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

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

Hi Suzanne. It never occurred to me that that would work (to my mind

it
seems

somehow a little bit warped.) But it does! So thanks.

Regards.

Ed

:

You don't need to enter the numbers: just type " or ' in both boxes

and
Word

will take care of the appropriate replacement.

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

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

Hi Helen,

In Word 2003 the option that controls whether Word automatically replaces
straight apostrophes (and quotation marks) with curly ones is under
Tools/AutoCorrect options/AutoFormat as you type/Replace as you
type/"Straight quotes" with "smart quotes"

What you can do to "clean" a document of the curlies is to turn that
option
off temporarily, do a find and replace, and then turn the option

on
again.

(You need to turn the option off before you do the replacement otherwise
Word
will change the straight versions back to curlies as soon as the
replacements
are done.)

To find and replace the curly apostrophes, bring up the Find and Replace
dialog and in the Find what box type [^0145^0146] and in the

Replace
with

box
type ^039. Tick the Use wildcards box before clicking Replace or Replace
all.

To replace curly (double) quotes you can do a find for

[^0147^0148]
and

replace with ^034.

Regards.

Ed

:

Thank you for your response JoAnn. I only have one apostrophe on my
keyboard
so I don't know what else I can use. If you can provide further
assistance,
I would appreciate it.

:

Same idea - it's curly and not straight.

--

JoAnn Paules
Microsoft MVP - Publisher



The problem is not with quotation marks - it's only with
apostrophes. Any
other suggestions would be appreciated.

:

I'm betting it's because you are using curly quotation

marks
and

the
website
wants plain vanilla ones.

--

JoAnn Paules
Microsoft MVP - Publisher



When I type a document in and copy/paste it to a website, the
apostrophes
in
my document appear as small boxes. How can I stop this from
happening?

 

[Guest]

Thank you to JoAnn, Suzanne, and Ed. Your replies solved my problem.
Helen

Yes, I was focusing on the replacement. The Find operation is a bit
illogical (but handy).

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

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

Hi Suzanne,

I suppose it's maybe just a question of viewpoint as to whether the
behaviour is a little warped or not. If you think of the curly and straight
variants as distinct entities then, on the face of it, it seems a little odd
that you can find one of them (the curly) by searching for the other (the
straight), but if you think of them as entities that Word "regards" as (for
some purposes) the same thing then it's not so odd.

Still, given that it works, it's not a problem.

Thanks for the information.

Regards.

Ed

The trick is that AutoFormat As You Type is fired by the replacement, so you
get a straight or curly apostrophe/quote depending on the setting of that
option in AutoFormat As You type.

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

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

Hi Suzanne. It never occurred to me that that would work (to my mind it
seems
somehow a little bit warped.) But it does! So thanks.

Regards.

Ed

:

You don't need to enter the numbers: just type " or ' in both boxes and
Word
will take care of the appropriate replacement.

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

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

Hi Helen,

In Word 2003 the option that controls whether Word automatically
replaces
straight apostrophes (and quotation marks) with curly ones is under
Tools/AutoCorrect options/AutoFormat as you type/Replace as you
type/"Straight quotes" with "smart quotes"

What you can do to "clean" a document of the curlies is to turn that
option
off temporarily, do a find and replace, and then turn the option on
again.
(You need to turn the option off before you do the replacement
otherwise
Word
will change the straight versions back to curlies as soon as the
replacements
are done.)

To find and replace the curly apostrophes, bring up the Find and
Replace
dialog and in the Find what box type [^0145^0146] and in the Replace
with
box
type ^039. Tick the Use wildcards box before clicking Replace or
Replace
all.

To replace curly (double) quotes you can do a find for [^0147^0148]
and
replace with ^034.

Regards.

Ed

:

Thank you for your response JoAnn. I only have one apostrophe on my
keyboard
so I don't know what else I can use. If you can provide further
assistance,
I would appreciate it.

:

Same idea - it's curly and not straight.

--

JoAnn Paules
Microsoft MVP - Publisher



The problem is not with quotation marks - it's only with
apostrophes. Any
other suggestions would be appreciated.

:

I'm betting it's because you are using curly quotation marks
and
the
website
wants plain vanilla ones.

--

JoAnn Paules
Microsoft MVP - Publisher



When I type a document in and copy/paste it to a website, the
apostrophes
in
my document appear as small boxes. How can I stop this from
happening?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Glad we could help.

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

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

Thank you to JoAnn, Suzanne, and Ed. Your replies solved my problem.
Helen

Yes, I was focusing on the replacement. The Find operation is a bit
illogical (but handy).

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

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

Hi Suzanne,

I suppose it's maybe just a question of viewpoint as to whether the
behaviour is a little warped or not. If you think of the curly and straight
variants as distinct entities then, on the face of it, it seems a

little
odd

that you can find one of them (the curly) by searching for the other (the
straight), but if you think of them as entities that Word "regards" as (for
some purposes) the same thing then it's not so odd.

Still, given that it works, it's not a problem.

Thanks for the information.

Regards.

Ed

:

The trick is that AutoFormat As You Type is fired by the

replacement, so
you

get a straight or curly apostrophe/quote depending on the setting of that
option in AutoFormat As You type.

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

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

Hi Suzanne. It never occurred to me that that would work (to my

mind
it

seems
somehow a little bit warped.) But it does! So thanks.

Regards.

Ed

:

You don't need to enter the numbers: just type " or ' in both

boxes
and

Word
will take care of the appropriate replacement.

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

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

Hi Helen,

In Word 2003 the option that controls whether Word automatically
replaces
straight apostrophes (and quotation marks) with curly ones is under
Tools/AutoCorrect options/AutoFormat as you type/Replace as you
type/"Straight quotes" with "smart quotes"

What you can do to "clean" a document of the curlies is to

turn
that

option
off temporarily, do a find and replace, and then turn the

option
on

again.
(You need to turn the option off before you do the replacement
otherwise
Word
will change the straight versions back to curlies as soon as the
replacements
are done.)

To find and replace the curly apostrophes, bring up the Find and
Replace
dialog and in the Find what box type [^0145^0146] and in the Replace
with
box
type ^039. Tick the Use wildcards box before clicking Replace or
Replace
all.

To replace curly (double) quotes you can do a find for [^0147^0148]
and
replace with ^034.

Regards.

Ed

:

Thank you for your response JoAnn. I only have one

apostrophe
on my

keyboard
so I don't know what else I can use. If you can provide further
assistance,
I would appreciate it.

:

Same idea - it's curly and not straight.

--

JoAnn Paules
Microsoft MVP - Publisher



The problem is not with quotation marks - it's only with
apostrophes. Any
other suggestions would be appreciated.

:

I'm betting it's because you are using curly quotation marks
and
the
website
wants plain vanilla ones.

--

JoAnn Paules
Microsoft MVP - Publisher



When I type a document in and copy/paste it to a

website,
the

apostrophes
in
my document appear as small boxes. How can I stop

this
from

happening?