Excuse me....but is anyone reading the Help I posted? It clearly states how to replace all of the existing curly quotes/
Let me repeat that since it seems to have been missed.
Help clearly states how to replace existing curly quotes with straight one.
Not only that...but I actually followed the information, and hey presto people...it works. For XP...which was the version posted.
What seems to be the problem? I know I am sounding peeved, but...really, it works. Here it is again.
Note You can find and replace all instances of single or double curly quotes with straight quotes in your document. To do this, clear the "Straight quotes" with "smart quotes" check box on the AutoFormat As You Type tab. On the Edit menu, click Replace. In both the Find what and Replace with boxes, type ' or ", and then click Find Next or Replace All.
No macros, no code. It works for existing files;
dodge20, you wrote:
This doesn't work for me because I am not actually typing this.
Please actually READ what I posted, and READ what is in Help, because it IS in Help, and it has nothing to do with if you are typing it or not. How can you possibly say it does not work for you because you are not actually typing it???? That simply indicates you did not read it, and did not try it.
You original question could have been easily answered by, as I suggested, using Help
because the answer is there. You can change all curly quotes to straight. "It does not work as I am not typing"....that is out right nonsense, and b.s.....you did not try. Why? It DOES work. I have tested on a dozen document...oh, I don't know just to see if there was some odd strange thing that made it not work. Gosh...it DOES work.
As for the rest of you...what is the problem? I see all this code posted for nothing. I am shaking my head.
Gerry