Perhaps you should consider what you're posting instead of telling me:
I am, in fact, quite correct; it cannot be done with a single Find/Replace for quote characters in any Word version.

I see you later edited your reply to say you're not using a single Find/Replace. In that case, what you'd need to do is a Find/Replace for the term(s) requiring straight quotes with the Replace expression expressed as:
^39^&^39

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Paul Edstein
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Hi Paul

What I wish to know is what do I need to change on my new computer so that I can simple find and replace say Monday with Monday enclosed in single quotes without resorting to ^39 stuff

Bob M