Re: Word 4.0 'Replace' command.

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From: Fred Brehm
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1991 18:11

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In article <1566@gertie.osc.edu> spencer@cgrg.ohio-state.edu (Stephen N. Spencer) writes:
>I had to replace all occurrences of the string "Todd's" to "Mark's" in a 
>document.  (not the double quotes, just the person's name, the apostrophe,
>and the 's' character)  
>
>First try:  Put "Todd's" in the 'Find' box, and "Mark's" in the 'Replace' box.
>Didn't find any of the occurrences of "Todd's" in the document. None of them.
...
>But why didn't the first try work?  Anyone have a clue?

Do you have "Smart Quotes" turned on? If so, the apostrophe in the text can
be a different character from the one in the Find dialog. Word isn't the
only program to outsmart itself with this feature.

Fred
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Frederic W. Brehm	Siemens Corporate Research	Princeton, NJ
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