Help with Straight and Curly Quotes

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Tina

2009-12-17 21:35:05 UTC

Hi there-- hope someone can help.

My curly quotes have disappeared. I simply can't use them at all,
they're gone. I'm using Office 2007 on XP SP3. Here's what I've tried:

Word menu (big funny button in corner) > Word Options > Proofing >
AutoCorrect Options > AutoFormat.

In the "Replace" section, I made sure the "Straight quotes" with
"smart quotes" is checked.

Click OK, OK, OK.... still no curly quotes.

Reboot. Still no curly quotes.

Got out my Office 2007 disk, did the "repair" process. Reboot. No
dice.

Did a de-install/reinstall of Office 2007. Reboot. No dice.

Thoughts? I need those quotes. Thanks in advance.

Tina

Suzanne S. Barnhill

2009-12-17 22:18:35 UTC

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You hit the wrong tab; it's AutoFormat As You Type where you need to enable
them.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

Post by Tina
Hi there-- hope someone can help.
My curly quotes have disappeared. I simply can't use them at all,
Word menu (big funny button in corner) > Word Options > Proofing >
AutoCorrect Options > AutoFormat.
In the "Replace" section, I made sure the "Straight quotes" with
"smart quotes" is checked.
Click OK, OK, OK.... still no curly quotes.
Reboot. Still no curly quotes.
Got out my Office 2007 disk, did the "repair" process. Reboot. No
dice.
Did a de-install/reinstall of Office 2007. Reboot. No dice.
Thoughts? I need those quotes. Thanks in advance.
Tina

Character

2009-12-17 23:14:14 UTC

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What Suzanne said ...

But ALSO - SOME fonts simply don't have proper typographical right and
left single and double quotes (what you call 'curly quotes'). This is
true of many free and shareware fonts as well as a few commercial ones.

- Characte

Suzanne S. Barnhill

2009-12-18 01:30:02 UTC

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Not to mention that in some fonts (Arial is a prime example), the "curly"
quotes look just the same as the "straight" quotes at ordinary text sizes
and Zoom ratios; you have to increase the font size or zoom in to see that
they are actually the typeset-quality characters.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

Post by Character

What Suzanne said ...
But ALSO - SOME fonts simply don't have proper typographical right and
left single and double quotes (what you call 'curly quotes'). This is true
of many free and shareware fonts as well as a few commercial ones.
- Characte

Tina

2009-12-18 03:36:41 UTC

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Post by Suzanne S. Barnhill
Not to mention that in some fonts (Arial is a prime example), the "curly"
quotes look just the same as the "straight" quotes at ordinary text sizes
and Zoom ratios; you have to increase the font size or zoom in to see that
they are actually the typeset-quality characters.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org

Post by Character

What Suzanne said ...
But ALSO - SOME fonts simply don't have proper typographical right and
left single and double quotes (what you call 'curly quotes'). This is true
of many free and shareware fonts as well as a few commercial ones.
- Characte

Got it! Thanks.

Pilo

2010-02-26 14:36:35 UTC

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Yes. There is help.....
Do the following.........
Pres and hold down the Alt key
then...only on the number key pad type in the following numbers.
0145 or 0146 or 0147 or 0148
alt0145 alt0146 alt0147 alt0148
these numbers will give you single or double quotes

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I also have a master sheet but having trouble sending an attachment with all
other alternate characters...
Try the following
Alt0131 through alt0255

Post by Character

What Suzanne said ...
But ALSO - SOME fonts simply don't have proper typographical right and
left single and double quotes (what you call 'curly quotes'). This is true
of many free and shareware fonts as well as a few commercial ones.
- Characte

Got it! Thanks.

Robert Macy

2010-02-26 20:14:55 UTC

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Post by Pilo
Yes. There is help.....
Do the following.........
Pres and hold down the Alt key
then...only on the number key pad type in the following numbers.
0145 or 0146 or 0147 or 0148
alt0145 alt0146 alt0147 alt0148
these numbers will give you single or double quotes
I also have a master sheet but having trouble sending an attachment with all
other alternate characters...
Try the following
Alt0131 through alt0255

Post by Character

What Suzanne said ...
But ALSO - SOME fonts simply don't have proper typographical right and
left single and double quotes (what you call 'curly quotes'). This is true
of many free and shareware fonts as well as a few commercial ones.
- Characte

Got it! Thanks.

Tina,

this group had me get
Character Map Pro
which will show you the charcters and how to get them

Pilo

2010-02-26 14:34:21 UTC

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Post by Character

What Suzanne said ...
But ALSO - SOME fonts simply don't have proper typographical right and
left single and double quotes (what you call 'curly quotes'). This is
true of many free and shareware fonts as well as a few commercial ones.
- Characte

Pilo

2010-02-26 14:38:58 UTC

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Post by Character

What Suzanne said ...
But ALSO - SOME fonts simply don't have proper typographical right and
left single and double quotes (what you call 'curly quotes'). This is true
of many free and shareware fonts as well as a few commercial ones.
- Characte

Pilo

2010-01-03 17:53:12 UTC

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There are a few ways to do 'curley quotes'. one way is the use the number
key pad.
follow this.................
press and hold the alt key.
on the number key pad use the following numbers.........
0145 or 0146 or 0147 or 0148 and you will get the quotes......
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