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I notice this on my Vista/Word 2007 setup but not on my XP/Word 2007 setup.
So the bug may or may not work on your setup. If you DO notice the bug, can
you let me know your OS? I am trying to determine if this is a Vista combo
with Word 2007 issue. Or is anyone else out there familiar with this bizarre
issue?
This is really neat. Try it:
1.Open new Word 2007 doc.
2.Make sure you have the Auto Correct option for replace straight quotes
with smart quotes turned ON. (Smart quotes ON)
3.Type: This is a "test".
4.Make sure they are smart quotes around test.
5.SELECT (highlight) the space between the a and the first quote.
6.Hit the delete key from your keyboard.
On my VISTA machine, the space won't delete if you HAVE IT SELECTED. (you
may delete it by un-selecting it placing the cursor in front of it and
deleting - but that isn't the point). You should be able to highlight the
space and delete it.
This bug will not happen if you have smart quotes turned off. I also noticed
the same behavior if brackets [] are used instead of the quotes.
Another interesting thing is if you have a tab character instead of the
space in front of the smart quote, if you SELECT the tab and delete it with
the keyboard key, it will replace it with a space. If you have the tab
somewhere else not in front of the smart quote, it will delete the tab
without replacing it.
Like I said, this does not occur on all configurations...It is happening on
two Vista/WORD2007 machines here - but not my XP/WORD2007 machine.
Any thoughts?
So the bug may or may not work on your setup. If you DO notice the bug, can
you let me know your OS? I am trying to determine if this is a Vista combo
with Word 2007 issue. Or is anyone else out there familiar with this bizarre
issue?
This is really neat. Try it:
1.Open new Word 2007 doc.
2.Make sure you have the Auto Correct option for replace straight quotes
with smart quotes turned ON. (Smart quotes ON)
3.Type: This is a "test".
4.Make sure they are smart quotes around test.
5.SELECT (highlight) the space between the a and the first quote.
6.Hit the delete key from your keyboard.
On my VISTA machine, the space won't delete if you HAVE IT SELECTED. (you
may delete it by un-selecting it placing the cursor in front of it and
deleting - but that isn't the point). You should be able to highlight the
space and delete it.
This bug will not happen if you have smart quotes turned off. I also noticed
the same behavior if brackets [] are used instead of the quotes.
Another interesting thing is if you have a tab character instead of the
space in front of the smart quote, if you SELECT the tab and delete it with
the keyboard key, it will replace it with a space. If you have the tab
somewhere else not in front of the smart quote, it will delete the tab
without replacing it.
Like I said, this does not occur on all configurations...It is happening on
two Vista/WORD2007 machines here - but not my XP/WORD2007 machine.
Any thoughts?