getting the correct quote marks

[H28Sailor]

Hi

'Monday', '6pm', 'Down'

‘Monday’, ‘6pm’, ‘Down’

I use word to place quote marks around various variables by using find & replace
The first line above is the result from my old laptop which has since died
The following line is from my current desktop



What do I need to change to get the quote marks as in the first line?

Bob M

[macropod]

In any Word version, a single Find/Replace for quote characters could only produce the second version, not the first. To get the former result, especially if the quoted terms are variable, a fairly complex wildcard Find/Replace might be required.

[H28Sailor]

Hi Paul

I do NOT do a single find & replace for quote characters.............

I find say Monday and replace it with 'Monday' and there are many instances of Monday

I have been doing what I described many times on my laptop and got the 1st line result each time

The end result is that I create a .sql file for input into Netbeans IDE

Netbeans IDE does not like the second line as input

Bob M

[macropod]

Originally Posted by H28Sailor

I am sorry but you are incorrect
I have been doing what I described many times on my laptop and got the 1st line result each time

The end result is that I create a .sql file for input into Netbeans IDE

Netbeans IDE does not like the second line as input

Well, if you think you know more about Word than I do, why bother asking...

[H28Sailor]

Gosh - somebody is a bit titchy today

I am asking the question because I have a problem and no I don't know more that you do about word

Bob M
NZ

[macropod]

Perhaps you should consider what you're posting instead of telling me:

you are incorrect

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

[H28Sailor]

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

[macropod]

You could turn off Word's auto-formatting of quotes - but then you wouldn't get the smart quotes for the others... Using ^39 is a whole lot simpler IMHO.

[H28Sailor]

When I turn OFF auto-formatting of quotes I do not get the straight quotes that I am seeking as in Line 1 above

Bob M

[macropod]

There are two sets to turn off - did you turn both off?

[H28Sailor]

Finally found the second place to turn off
and it works

Thanks for your patience

Bob M