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Article #8777Re: Quotes -> Smart Quotes in MS Word?
From: niski
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1991 22:42
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1991 22:42
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In article <1944@limbo.Intuitive.Com> taylor@limbo.Intuitive.Com (Dave Taylor) writes: >here). I would like to be able to change them to matching >typographic quotes (e.g. `` and '') but *really don't want to >do it by hand* [the very idea fills me with great horror, frankly!] > >Is there some way to accomplish this? an annoying problem - i've found a leetle trick that does the job, but it requires two passes through your document using the Change command. First, you replace the initial quotes (<space>") with <space>`` (the key combination is Option-[ for the opening double quote). The second time through, replace "<space> with ''<space> (use Shift-Option-[ for the closing curly quote). Works like a charm. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joe Niski niski@reed.edu Mac Support Coordinator Reed College, Portland, OR 97202 503-777-7525
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!ubc-cs!uw-beaver!zephyr.ens.tek.com!tektronix!reed!niski From: niski@reed.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: Quotes -> Smart Quotes in MS Word? Message-ID: <m0jY3PB-0003OtC@reed.edu> Date: 30 Apr 91 22:42:51 GMT References: <1944@limbo.Intuitive.Com> Sender: nobody@reed.UUCP Reply-To: niski@reed.bitnet (Joe Niski) Organization: Reed College, Portland, OR Lines: 19 Return-Path: <niski>