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MS Office Forum / Word / General MS Word Questions / November 2004Customizing smart quotes
I like the smart quotes feature (which converts the " character depending on its position relative to a word). However, I have problems when using this feature with languages other than English. Some languages have several different quotation mark styles. For example, Danish has three different styles for quotation marks. Which style you use is a matter of personal preference. When I switch Word to Danish, it enforces a quotation mark style which I don't like. I would therefore like to change the two characters that Word uses as substitues for ". How can I do that? I seems that once you have selected a particular language, Word gives you one and only one quotation mark style. Is it impossible to customize this? (This question applies both to Word and to PowerPoint. In Word I've managed to write a macro that does what I want, but that seems like an unnecessarily cumbersome solution. Also, it will not work in PowerPoint because I cannot remap the keyboard in that application.) -- Claus Tondering Hi Claus, I'm afraid there is no way to customize this. German has a similar problem as Danish, FWIW. Klaus Linke once discovered that the kinds of quotes he wants are the default for one of the Slavic languages. So, when he wants those quotes he does this: - formats the text with that language (Slovenian, in this case) - types the document with straight quotes - goes into AutoFormat (NOT "as you type) and deactivates all the settings except the one for Smart quotes - Goes to Format/AutoFormat - activates AutoFormat now, then clicks "OK" Another approach is to type the text with Smart quotes on, then use Find/Replace to replace them with other characters. > I like the smart quotes feature (which converts the " character depending on > its position relative to a word). However, I have problems when using this [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > particular language, Word gives you one and only one quotation mark style. Is > it impossible to customize this? Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) Sounds like it would be easy enough to make a macro -- type with smart quotes on, then replace with the quote markings of your choice. Unless, of course, you're using different quote styles in the same document. <*((((><{ Fishy@Ocean.Net In the last exciting episode on Wed, 10 Nov 2004 15:44:53 +0100, Cindy M -WordMVP- <C.Meister-C@hispeed.ch> wrote: |Hi Claus, | [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] |This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply |in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) > Sounds like it would be easy enough to make a macro -- type with smart > quotes on, then replace with the quote markings of your choice. > > Unless, of course, you're using different quote styles in the same > document. Hi <*((((><{ Sounds easy enough... The only really hard part comes when you don't want to mess with the AutoFormat options. You'd have to remember them one by one, and reset them later. And each version has different options. I wanted to write a FAQ article, but those problems made me abandon it. You also should be aware that AutoFormat only fixes the quotes in the main text, not in footnotes or textboxes or comments. Regards, Klaus Hi Klaus, I think I recall fiddling with this issue when I was doing some work on Native American Indian languages using MS office, WP, and File Maker Pro -- a few compatibility issues. If you use the smart quotes to begin with, you'll get a left-curl and a right-curl. Using find/replace, you can select just the left-curl and replace it with the symbol of your choice; same with the right curl. I recall making a simple macro, which included replacing the single quotes -single-left-curl and single-right-curl with the symbols of my choice. I had to run the macro on the document, then on the footnotes. Didn't use text boxes -- that sounds like a first-class pain. I did not use Auto Format. My impression of most of MS's "auto" goodies is that they cause more trouble than they save. Or -- send the document to me, and I'll format it for you the way you like. For a reasonable fee, of course. <*((((><{ Fishy@Ocean.Net In the last exciting episode on Thu, 18 Nov 2004 01:16:59 +0100, |> Sounds like it would be easy enough to make a macro -- type with smart |> quotes on, then replace with the quote markings of your choice. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] |Regards, |Klaus > Or -- send the document to me, and I'll format it for you the > way you like. For a reasonable fee, of course. No chance <*((((><{ It's what I do for a living, too! :-) Klaus Subcontracting? <*((((><{ Fishy@Ocean.Net In the last exciting episode on Wed, 24 Nov 2004 16:07:05 +0100, |> Or -- send the document to me, and I'll format it for you the |> way you like. For a reasonable fee, of course. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] | |:-) Klaus |
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