Have you disabled the appropriate check box in the "AutoFormat As You Type"
dialog (wherever that may now be)?

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> In Office 2007, I can't figure out how to stop word from replacing a normal
> apostrophe into a smart apostrophe or whatever the office programmers are
> calling it nowadays. It's replacing ASCII 0039 ' with ASCII 0146 ’. How can I
> prevent word from making this change? I've tried setting the auto correct
> options to replace ASCII 0039 ' with ASCII 0039 ' and it doesn't work.
Herb Tyson [MVP] - 26 May 2007 00:52 GMT
Office button, Word Options, Proofing tab, AutoCorrect Options button,
AutoFormat as you Type tab.

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> Have you disabled the appropriate check box in the "AutoFormat As You
> Type"
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>> prevent word from making this change? I've tried setting the auto correct
>> options to replace ASCII 0039 ' with ASCII 0039 ' and it doesn't work.
Suzanne S. Barnhill - 26 May 2007 04:27 GMT
Thanks, Herb.

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> Office button, Word Options, Proofing tab, AutoCorrect Options button,
> AutoFormat as you Type tab.
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> >> prevent word from making this change? I've tried setting the auto correct
> >> options to replace ASCII 0039 ' with ASCII 0039 ' and it doesn't work.