Expert Microsoft Word advice needed. (SOLVED -- Thanks, Bean!)

Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) · 2009-10-21 23:04

I'm documenting an app for a new Propeller board using Microsoft Word (i.e. the word-processor from purgatory: a too-generous upgrade, perhaps, from its previous domain). The document has lots of code examples, which are shown on a gray background using the Courier typeface. Some of these examples include quoted text, e.g.:

SEROUT io,bd, [noparse][[/noparse]USEWIN, 2, "Window two."]
SEROUT io,bd, [noparse][[/noparse]USEWIN, 1, "This text is in", CR, "window one."]

Here's my problem: whenever I type a double quote, Word insists on inserting either a left-quote, a right-quote, or some weird block character, but never a neutral quote with straight up-and-down tick marks. The only way I can get what I want is to copy and paste it, either from the original Stamp or Propeller IDE, or from a previously-typed code block. This has plagued me for years; I've endured it quietly, but now I 've had enough!

Does anyone know of a way to define a "code" style that simply lets me type a quote mark and get a neutral ASCII quote?

Thanks,
-Phil

Post Edited (Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)) : 10/22/2009 12:38:33 AM GMT

Timmoore · 2009-10-21 23:17

Check the font for the character you want. I just tried it and hte font is different for that type of quote.

Bean · 2009-10-21 23:18

Phil,
If you press Ctrl-Z (UNDO) right after the quote, word will "undo" it's auto modification.
Or under "tools->autocorrect->Autoformat" uncheck "replace straight quotes with smart quotes"

I hope this helps,

Bean

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Does that byte of memory hold "A", 65, $41 or %01000001 ?
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Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) · 2009-10-22 00:35

Bean,

It's a beautiful thing! Thank you! I'll be using the Ctrl-Z approach, since I want left/right quotes elsewhere in the doc.

Thanks again!
-Phil

Expert Microsoft Word advice needed. (SOLVED -- Thanks, Bean!)

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