AutoFormat not working in Word 2007 in Windows 7

[Jason FreemanMCC]

I have just installed the Office 2007 suite on Windows 7 Professional, 64-bit
edition. Almost everything works well, but I noticed that when I type
quotes, Word 2007 is not automatically converting them from straight quotes
to curly quotes.

I have went into the Word Options and tried the setting both ways, but it
makes no difference.

I have made absolutely no changes to this installation, and this problem
does not occur on my Windows Vista and Windows XP machines. The computer is
virus-free (I have an antivirus solution running, I don't go to shady sites
to begin with, and I am currently running on a standard user account to
prevent unwanted changes). I have all the currents Windows 7 and Office 2007
updates, as of January 8, 2010.

 

[Jay Freedman]

Hi Jason,

I very much doubt that Windows 7 or 64-bit has anything to do with it,
as I have exactly the same setup and my straight-to-curly quotes
autoformat does work.

The first thing to check is that you set the option on the "AutoFormat
As You Type" tab of the Options dialog, not on the "AutoFormat" tab.

Another possibility is that you're using a font whose curly quotes
look almost the same as the straight quotes; some of the newer ones,
such as Calibri, are like that.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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On Sat, 9 Jan 2010 12:21:01 -0800, Jason FreemanMCC <Jason