Smart Quotes Encloses Equal Sign with Two Opening Quotes

ID: Q116226

6.00 6.00a WINDOWS kbusage kbprb

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a

SYMPTOMS

If "Change Straight Quotes to Smart Quotes" is turned on and you type an equal sign enclosed in quotation marks ("="), the equal sign will be enclosed by two opening quotation marks, rather than being preceded by opening quotations marks and followed by closing quotation marks.

STATUS

We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

WORKAROUNDS

Method 1: Type a pair of quotation marks. Position the insertion point

          between the pair and insert the equal sign.

Method 2: Type the opening quotation mark followed by the equal sign. Turn

          on Num Lock. Hold down the ALT key and type 0148 on the numeric
          keypad. Type the closing quotation mark.

Method 3: Use the AutoFormat method:

          a. Turn off "Change Straight Quotes to Smart Quotes."
          b. Turn on Smart Quotes in AutoFormat. (To do this, choose
             Options from the Tools menu. Select the AutoFormat tab. Under
             Replace, select "Straight Quotes with Smart Quotes.")
          c. Type the opening quotation mark, the equal sign, and the
             closing quotation mark.
          d. From the Format menu, choose AutoFormat.

KBCategory: kbusage kbprb kbui KBSubcategory: Additional reference words: 6.00 6.00a quote quotation quotes quotations winword marks mark equal to equals

Version           : 6.00 6.00a
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: February 5, 1998