Re: Lost my special speech marks « ».

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Hi Dave,

The programming is not for << and >>. It is for "smart quotations". Smart
quotations vary by language.

English doesn't use << and >> for quotation marks (sorry, I know that's not
the right character). It uses curly quotation marks. So the same setting,
when typing in English, will change straight quotation marks into ones that
are curled toward the text. You might not have noticed, looking for <<, but
that *should* have happened. I'm not sure what you mean by "work" in this
case.


On 9/4/06 10:33 PM, "Dave Neve" wrote:

Thanks Sue.

Another bulleye (spot on advice)

But why won't it work when the language chosen is "English" cos I'm working
on an English text.

Any workarounds???

Thanks
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@xxxxxxxx> a écrit dans le message de news:
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In English it's AutoFormat As You Type. Is the language of the text set to
French? Ctrl+A, Tools | Language | Set Language and make sure that French
is
selected (and for good measure, clear the check box for "Detect language
automatically" or whatever it is in French).

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"Dave Neve" <NoAddressForSpammers@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi

I have Word in Office 2003 programmed to change the standard speech marks
"
" into « »

Although the Window 'Automatic Corrections' and 'At the moment of typing'
(or whatever it is called in English cos I'm on a French computer) is
ticked, the function no longer changes the speech marks.

What could be stopping it please?

Thanks in advance

Dave Neve






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