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Re: Word 2013 - Straight and curly quotes in a DOTX
Subject:Re: Word 2013 - Straight and curly quotes in a DOTX From:Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com> To:Tony Chung <tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca>, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Thu, 24 Apr 2014 10:21:07 -0700
Tony's is probably the most viable solution.
The AutoCorrect method won't work, because both styles of quotation marks
need to be used. (Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't.)
And this R-W-B "Gool Ole Boy" outfit only operates in the U.S., so
accommodating "furren" readers isn't an issue (except in the case of HR
employee manuals for the melting pot back on the shop floorâno slam
intended).
> Chris
On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 10:08 AM, Tony Chung <tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca> wrote:
> You could set up a macro button to disable curly quote replacement. They
> click it before typing a measurement. I use it before typing code.
>
> -T
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 9:42 AM, Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>wrote:
>
>> Sorry, but this has to be less rigid, as I'm creating a narrative
>> template,
>> not a form or numerical table.
>>
>> The authors (sales and engineering folks with no word processing or
>> business writing training whatsoever) have to have the ability to easily
>> enter a foot or inches mark at any time, even in the midst of a text
>> paragraph, e.g., â....weâre offering three enclosures measuring 8' 9" by
>> 5'
>> 4", in a NEMA 3R style.â
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>
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