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WD97: How to Replace Smart Quotes with Straight Quotes

Article ID: 197020

Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007

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SUMMARY

This article details how to search for curly quotation marks (smart quotes) so that you can replace them with standard quotation marks (straight quotes) or to search for straight quotes and to replace them with smart quotes.

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Replacing Existing Smart Quotes with Straight Quotes



Use the following method to replace existing smart quotes with straight quotes in a document.

  1. To Turn off smart quotes follow these steps:
    1. On the Tools menu, click AutoCorrect, and then click the AutoFormat As You Type tab.
    2. Under Replace As You Type, clear the Straight Quotes With Smart Quotes check box and then click OK.
  2. On the Edit menu, click Replace.
  3. In the Find What box, type a quotation mark.
  4. In the Replace With box, type a quotation mark.
  5. Click the Replace All button.

Replacing Existing Straight Quotes with Smart Quotes

Use the following method to replace existing smart quotes with straight quotes in a document.

  1. To turn on smart quotes, follow these steps:
    1. On the Tools menu, click AutoCorrect, and then select the AutoFormat As You Type tab.
    2. Under Replace As You Type, click to select the Straight Quotes With Smart Quotes check box, and then click OK.
  2. On the Edit menu, click Replace.
  3. In the Find What box, type a quotation mark.
  4. In the Replace With box, type a quotation mark.
  5. Click the Replace All button.

REFERENCES

For more information about how to replace curly quotes with straight quotes, click the Office Assistant, type "smart quotes," click Search, and then click to view "Change curly quotes to straight quotes and vice versa."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Word Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

120802 Office: How to Add/Remove a Single Office Program or Component


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