Hi I have Openoffice 4.1.13 on my laptop
Can anyone tell me how to set a document to default to Curly apostrophes (sometimes called 'smart'). My open and closed quotation marks are curly but not single apostrophes.
I'd like it as a default too rather than just one document. Any help is appreciated. Ta!
[Solved] Set curly apostrophe as default
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[Solved] Set curly apostrophe as default
Last edited by Hagar Delest on Wed Apr 17, 2024 2:39 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: How to get default Curly Apostrophe
It should be a setting of the default language through the AutoCorrect options.
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Re: How to get default Curly Apostrophe
With a Writer document open, go to the menu Tools -> AutoCorrect Options. On the Localized Options tab, click the Replace box in the Singe Quotes section. That should be all you need to do.
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Re: How to get default Curly Apostrophe
You will also need to enable Format → AutoCorrect → While Typing, but that is the default setting. To convert previously created Writer documents which have straight single quotes to use custom (curly) single quotes read the following tutorial.Webster1963 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 3:21 pm My open and closed quotation marks are curly but not single apostrophes.
[Tutorial] Convert straight quotes to custom quotes with AutoCorrect
If you need any additional assistance with the tutorial attach a document demonstrating the difficulty (remove confidential information then use Post Reply, not Quick Reply, and don't attach a picture instead of the document itself). I will not help further unless you attach a Writer document. Explain what does not work as you would like.
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Re: How to get default Curly Apostrophe
Hey, thanks all of you. Did it and it worked.
Mr Programmer, thanks. I clicked on 'apply' and it converted all the straights into curlys too. Great
Mr Programmer, thanks. I clicked on 'apply' and it converted all the straights into curlys too. Great
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