how_to_get_rid_of_’ Earl 12/16/2008 1:14:16 PM I have a problem with ( ’) showing up in documents. Here is where it occurs: In Microsoft Word, the apostrophe is displayed as a circle with an inward leaning hook on the right side. Open Microsoft word and enlarge an apostrophe to see an apostrophe displayed. The problem occurs when a document in Microsoft word is copied & pasted into another application. Instead of displaying the apostrophe correctly, the apostrophe is displayed as this character: ( ’ ) For example in the contraction: don't, is instead displayed as don’t. If you noticed in the body of this document, the apostrophe is displayed as a small mark ( ' ), not the full circle & hook as used in Microsoft Word. The question is how do I change, within Microsoft Word, the apostrophe to be displayed as a simple mark ( ' ) and not the full circle & hook default Microsoft Word uses? Or is there any other way to display an apostrophe correctly, and not the ( ’ ) when copying & pasting from Microsoft Word? Thanks for any suggestions

Re: how to get rid of â?T "Graham Mayor" <gmayor[ at ]REMOVETHISmvps.org> 12/16/2008 2:36:41 PM You are using the autoformat as you type option to change straight quotes to smart quotes and the application you are pasting into cannot handle the smart quotes. Turn off the autoformat as you type option. Tools > autocorrect > autoformat as you type or in 2007 Word Options > proofing > autocorrect options > autoformat as you type. If you want to keep the smart quotes option for the benefit of your Word documents, ignore the above and run the following macro before copying to the other application Sub ReplaceQuotes() Dim vFindText As Variant Dim vReplText As Variant Dim sFormat As Boolean Dim i As Long sFormat = Options.AutoFormatAsYouTypeReplaceQuotes vFindText = Array(Chr(147), Chr(148), Chr(145), Chr(146)) vReplText = Array(Chr(34), Chr(34), Chr(39), Chr(39)) Options.AutoFormatAsYouTypeReplaceQuotes = False Selection.HomeKey wdStory With Selection.Find .Forward = True .Wrap = wdFindContinue .MatchWholeWord = True .MatchWildcards = False .MatchSoundsLike = False .MatchAllWordForms = False .Format = True .MatchCase = True For i = LBound(vFindText) To UBound(vFindText) .Text = vFindText(i) .Replacement.Text = vReplText(i) .Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll Next i End With Options.AutoFormatAsYouTypeReplaceQuotes = sFormat End Sub http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm -- <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Earl wrote: [Quoted Text] > I have a problem with ( â?T) showing up in documents. Here is where > it occurs: > > In Microsoft Word, the apostrophe is displayed as a circle with an > inward leaning hook on the right side. Open Microsoft word and > enlarge an apostrophe to see an apostrophe displayed. > > The problem occurs when a document in Microsoft word is copied & > pasted into another application. Instead of displaying the apostrophe > correctly, the apostrophe is displayed as this character: ( â?T ) > For example in the contraction: don't, is instead displayed as > donâ?Tt. > > If you noticed in the body of this document, the apostrophe is > displayed as a small mark ( ' ), not the full circle & hook as used > in Microsoft Word. > > The question is how do I change, within Microsoft Word, the > apostrophe to be displayed as a simple mark ( ' ) and not the full > circle & hook default Microsoft Word uses? > > Or is there any other way to display an apostrophe correctly, and not > the ( â?T ) when copying & pasting from Microsoft Word? > > Thanks for any suggestions

Re:_how_to_get_rid_of_’ grammatim <grammatim[ at ]verizon.net> 12/16/2008 2:39:51 PM Turn off the option "Replace Straight Quotes with Smart Quotes" in the Autoformat and/or Autoformat As You Type areas. (Even though the "smart quotes" or "curly quotes" are greatly preferred in typeset documents.) Note that between the parentheses in your message I see space--a- circumflex--euro--trademark. On Dec 16, 8:14 am, Earl <E...[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] > I have a problem with ( ’) showing up in documents. Here is where it occurs: > > In Microsoft Word, the apostrophe is displayed as a circle with an inward > leaning hook on the right side. Open Microsoft word and enlarge an apostrophe > to see an apostrophe displayed. > > The problem occurs when a document in Microsoft word is copied & pasted into > another application. Instead of displaying the apostrophe correctly, the > apostrophe is displayed as this character: ( ’ )  For example in the > contraction: don't, is instead displayed as don’t. > > If you noticed in the body of this document, the apostrophe is displayed as > a small mark (  '  ), not the full circle & hook as used in Microsoft Word. > > The question is how do I change, within Microsoft Word, the apostrophe to be > displayed as a simple mark ( ' ) and not the full circle & hook default > Microsoft Word uses? > > Or is there any other way to display an apostrophe correctly, and not the  ( > ’ ) when copying & pasting from Microsoft Word? > > Thanks for any suggestions