Questions tagged [smart-quotes]
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MS Word for Mac: changing smart quote types
In MS Word for Mac (as in MS Word for Windows), there is an option to use so-called ‘smart quotes’, which automatically changes 'straight quotes' into ‘curly ones’. This in itself is a good thing, and ...
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Word 365: What causes 'straight' quotes to be changed to 'smart' quotes en masse? How to prevent?
In my job, Word documents often contain XML or CSV snippets. In these, needless to say, the quotation marks need to stay 'straight'. Normally I can paste the snippets in and the quotes will remain '...
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Smart Quotes and TextMate
Anyone out there with Macs and the TextMate editor know how to make it save files always in ASCII, and never let it turn on smart quotes, smart dashes, and smart copyright symbol? There's a client I ...