Distinguishing apostrophes

[jezzica85]

Hi all,
I'm writing a Java program that takes a text file I made from a Word
document, and I need to be able to distinguish between apostrophes and single
closing quotes. I've looked up the two symbols in Word, and they're
definitely different, so I tried making a shortcut key to always insert an
apostrophe, but whenever I do it it still inserts the same character for both
apostrophes and closing quotes. Is there a way to insert an apostrophe
automatically so it looks like the straight mark it's supposed to be in the
symbols, instead of the curly closing quote?
Thanks!
jezzica85

 

[lallous]

Hello

I noticed that those curly quotes have ASCII codes: 0x93 and 0x94.
However, if you try to insert them manually as: ALT+147 or ALT+148 in
notepad, they don't work!

So perhaps your Java program can look for 0x93 and 0x94 characters and
replace them with 0x22 which is the normal double quote.

HTH,
Elias

 

[Graham Mayor]

However, if you try to insert them manually as: ALT+147 or ALT+148 in

notepad, they don't work!

That's because you need ALT+0147 or 0148 (for double quotes)!


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[Stefan Blom]

And NUMLOCK must be activated.

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[jezzica85]

Hi,
Thank you, I knew about the different ascii codes and how to distinguish
them, I guess I wasn't clear enough. What I need to do is figure out a way to
insert the apostrophe symbol in a Word document, not the closing quote,
without typing everything first and then replacing them all, so my program
can distinguish them later. My document is really long and it would be a real
pain to go through it manually and replace all the single quotes with
apostrophes one at a time. I already tried find and replace, and it doesn't
work.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

When you insert a "straight" apostrophe, no matter how you do it, Word will
AutoCorrect it if you have the relevant AutoFormat As You Type option
(Replace as you type: "Straight quotes" with "smart quotes") enabled. Try
disabling this option. You can still type "curly" apostrophes and quotes
using the built-in keyboard shortcuts, such as Ctrl+',' for an apostrophe
(see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/InsertSpecChars.htm). Alternatively,
press Ctrl+Z (Undo) immediately after the AutoCorrection to reverse it.

 

[Graham Mayor]

Find and replace surely will work!
Turn off the autoformat while you type option to substitute smart quotes
then replace
[^0145^0146]
with
^039
Check the Use wildcards box.
See http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm

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