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00:00:00 – 00:07:25
The video covers how to address issues related to Microsoft Word's automatic conversion of regular quotation marks to smart quotes, which can cause problems when sharing documents. The speaker explains how to disable this feature by adjusting auto correct settings to maintain consistency and compatibility across platforms. Additionally, they demonstrate the process of replacing smart quotes with straight quotes using Find and Replace, emphasizing the distinction between the characters. By making these adjustments and turning off auto-formatting, future documents will display standard quotation marks. Manual changes are needed for existing documents with smart quotes.
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In this segment of the video, the speaker discusses the issue with Microsoft Word automatically replacing regular quotation marks with smart quotes, which can cause problems when transferring documents to other platforms. They explain how to disable this feature by going to the file menu, selecting options, navigating to proofing, and adjusting auto correct settings to prevent the conversion of straight quotes to smart quotes. This is important for ensuring consistency and compatibility when sharing documents outside of Microsoft Word.
00:03:00
In this segment of the video, the speaker demonstrates how to turn off smart quotes in a document by accessing the auto format settings and removing the checkmark for smart quotes. The process involves finding and replacing existing smart quotes with regular straight quotes using the Find and Replace function. The speaker emphasizes that smart quotes and straight quotes are different characters, requiring separate replacements for open and closed smart quotes as well as apostrophes. By making these adjustments, future typing will show only straight quotes, ensuring consistent formatting for web browsers and other programs.
00:06:00
In this part of the video, the speaker discusses the process of replacing smart quotes and smart apostrophes with ordinary ones by doing three search and replace operations. Once this is done and auto-formatting is switched off, future documents will include standard speech marks. It is highlighted that existing documents with smart quotes will still need manual changes. The speaker encourages viewers to like, comment, and subscribe for more content.