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Original Post: Damn "smart" quotes in Word
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Have you been burned by Word working with "smart" quotes?
This normally happens when you are copying and pasting code around. You get the same annoying behaviour when Word is "smart" about upper-casing your words at the beginning of a sentence.
Of course you can turn these off, and Amy of SourceBeat just showed people how (which jogged my memory)
In Word, go to Tools > AutoCorrect Options.
On the AutoFormat As You Type tab, deselect the "Straight quotes" with "smart quotes" check box.
On the AutoFormat tab, deselect the "Straight quotes" with "smart quotes" check box.
Click OK to accept your changes.
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