Why is my apostrophe in courier always like italic??

  • Thread starter Philippe Borel [Switzerland]
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Philippe Borel [Switzerland]

Hi there,
Indeed, whenever I select "non-italic" style,
my apostrophe (like in <that's>) will always be
shown as it'd be in italic in MS-Word...but not
here at OE! (Although when I really change the
whole word into italic, it'll be even more inclined).
Here is a typical sample I copied from Word:
"that's".
So I hope to get now the "right tip" here...
Thanks very much in advance!
Philippe Borel
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

It's being AutoFormatted to a "smart" apostrophe. In Courier, this is not
always desirable. You can turn the feature off on the AutoFormat As You Type
tab of Tools | AutoCorrect.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

Hi there,
Indeed, whenever I select "non-italic" style,
my apostrophe (like in <that's>) will always be
shown as it'd be in italic in MS-Word...but not
here at OE! (Although when I really change the
whole word into italic, it'll be even more inclined).
Here is a typical sample I copied from Word:
"that's".
So I hope to get now the "right tip" here...
Thanks very much in advance!
Philippe Borel
 
P

Philippe Borel [Switzerland]

Dear Suzanne Barnhill,
Thanks very much for your reply...I get your point.
Okay, I now turned off this feature and indeed, this
apostrophe is now in my case straight (great!).
However, I noticed now that this (straight) apostrophe
will be always appearing as a "Times New Roman"
character, regardless of my selected font (!).
So for example if I start typing a new line in "Courier"
and I insert at one stage such an apostrophe, the space
between the upper line (I already wrote) will be then sud-
denly slightly widen, because "Times New Roman" font
seems to require a bit more width between the lines,
compared to Courier...
So what do you think now; ie. how can I force this "non-smart"
apostrophe to use always automatically the same font as for
all other characters I'm typing on such document??
Note: If I activate "smart quotes", it then applies absolutely
correctly the same font as chosen for this specific job...
Philippe Borel
It's being AutoFormatted to a "smart" apostrophe. In Courier, this is not
always desirable. You can turn the feature off on the AutoFormat As You Type
tab of Tools | AutoCorrect.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

Hi there,
Indeed, whenever I select "non-italic" style,
my apostrophe (like in <that's>) will always be
shown as it'd be in italic in MS-Word...but not
here at OE! (Although when I really change the
whole word into italic, it'll be even more inclined).
Here is a typical sample I copied from Word:
"that's".
So I hope to get now the "right tip" here...
Thanks very much in advance!
Philippe Borel
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

This should not be happening, but I can attest that sometimes when I insert
prime and double-prime characters (which I use for foot and inch marks) from
"(normal text)" (usually TNR), they turn into MS Mincho. But you might check
and make sure that you don't have some AutoCorrect entry operating that
would affect this.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

Dear Suzanne Barnhill,
Thanks very much for your reply...I get your point.
Okay, I now turned off this feature and indeed, this
apostrophe is now in my case straight (great!).
However, I noticed now that this (straight) apostrophe
will be always appearing as a "Times New Roman"
character, regardless of my selected font (!).
So for example if I start typing a new line in "Courier"
and I insert at one stage such an apostrophe, the space
between the upper line (I already wrote) will be then sud-
denly slightly widen, because "Times New Roman" font
seems to require a bit more width between the lines,
compared to Courier...
So what do you think now; ie. how can I force this "non-smart"
apostrophe to use always automatically the same font as for
all other characters I'm typing on such document??
Note: If I activate "smart quotes", it then applies absolutely
correctly the same font as chosen for this specific job...
Philippe Borel
It's being AutoFormatted to a "smart" apostrophe. In Courier, this is not
always desirable. You can turn the feature off on the AutoFormat As You
Type
tab of Tools | AutoCorrect.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

Hi there,
Indeed, whenever I select "non-italic" style,
my apostrophe (like in <that's>) will always be
shown as it'd be in italic in MS-Word...but not
here at OE! (Although when I really change the
whole word into italic, it'll be even more inclined).
Here is a typical sample I copied from Word:
"that's".
So I hope to get now the "right tip" here...
Thanks very much in advance!
Philippe Borel
 
P

Philippe Borel [Switzerland]

Hi Suzanne,
Okay, I got it now !!
Insert > Symbol > select " ' " > AutoCorrect > press this key (on the keyboard)
Click to expand...
featuring this apostrophe > (select NOW): "Plain text" and NOT "Formatted text"
as it was set until now (!!).
This surely did the job; ie. this apostrophe of mine will now be always of the same
font as selected for the whole text, and not be "frozen" on a specific one as before
(in my case it was in "courier").
But thanks anyway for your assistance -- okay!
Philippe Borel
This should not be happening, but I can attest that sometimes when I insert
prime and double-prime characters (which I use for foot and inch marks) from
"(normal text)" (usually TNR), they turn into MS Mincho. But you might check
and make sure that you don't have some AutoCorrect entry operating that
would affect this.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

Dear Suzanne Barnhill,
Thanks very much for your reply...I get your point.
Okay, I now turned off this feature and indeed, this
apostrophe is now in my case straight (great!).
However, I noticed now that this (straight) apostrophe
will be always appearing as a "Times New Roman"
character, regardless of my selected font (!).
So for example if I start typing a new line in "Courier"
and I insert at one stage such an apostrophe, the space
between the upper line (I already wrote) will be then sud-
denly slightly widen, because "Times New Roman" font
seems to require a bit more width between the lines,
compared to Courier...
So what do you think now; ie. how can I force this "non-smart"
apostrophe to use always automatically the same font as for
all other characters I'm typing on such document??
Note: If I activate "smart quotes", it then applies absolutely
correctly the same font as chosen for this specific job...
Philippe Borel
It's being AutoFormatted to a "smart" apostrophe. In Courier, this is not
always desirable. You can turn the feature off on the AutoFormat As You
Type
tab of Tools | AutoCorrect.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

Hi there,
Indeed, whenever I select "non-italic" style,
my apostrophe (like in <that's>) will always be
shown as it'd be in italic in MS-Word...but not
here at OE! (Although when I really change the
whole word into italic, it'll be even more inclined).
Here is a typical sample I copied from Word:
"that's".
So I hope to get now the "right tip" here...
Thanks very much in advance!
Philippe Borel
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

I'm not clear why you have an AutoCorrect entry for the apostrophe to begin
with. You should get the straight apostrophe automatically if you have
disabled the "Straight quotes" with "smart quotes" feature under "Replace as
you type" on the AutoFormat As You Type tab of Tools | AutoCorrect.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

Hi Suzanne,
Okay, I got it now !!
Insert > Symbol > select " ' " > AutoCorrect > press this key (on the
Click to expand...
keyboard)
featuring this apostrophe > (select NOW): "Plain text" and NOT "Formatted
text"
as it was set until now (!!).
This surely did the job; ie. this apostrophe of mine will now be always of
the same
font as selected for the whole text, and not be "frozen" on a specific one
as before
(in my case it was in "courier").
But thanks anyway for your assistance -- okay!
Philippe Borel
This should not be happening, but I can attest that sometimes when I
insert
prime and double-prime characters (which I use for foot and inch marks)
from
"(normal text)" (usually TNR), they turn into MS Mincho. But you might
check
and make sure that you don't have some AutoCorrect entry operating that
would affect this.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

Dear Suzanne Barnhill,
Thanks very much for your reply...I get your point.
Okay, I now turned off this feature and indeed, this
apostrophe is now in my case straight (great!).
However, I noticed now that this (straight) apostrophe
will be always appearing as a "Times New Roman"
character, regardless of my selected font (!).
So for example if I start typing a new line in "Courier"
and I insert at one stage such an apostrophe, the space
between the upper line (I already wrote) will be then sud-
denly slightly widen, because "Times New Roman" font
seems to require a bit more width between the lines,
compared to Courier...
So what do you think now; ie. how can I force this "non-smart"
apostrophe to use always automatically the same font as for
all other characters I'm typing on such document??
Note: If I activate "smart quotes", it then applies absolutely
correctly the same font as chosen for this specific job...
Philippe Borel
It's being AutoFormatted to a "smart" apostrophe. In Courier, this is
not
always desirable. You can turn the feature off on the AutoFormat As You
Type
tab of Tools | AutoCorrect.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

Hi there,
Indeed, whenever I select "non-italic" style,
my apostrophe (like in <that's>) will always be
shown as it'd be in italic in MS-Word...but not
here at OE! (Although when I really change the
whole word into italic, it'll be even more inclined).
Here is a typical sample I copied from Word:
"that's".
So I hope to get now the "right tip" here...
Thanks very much in advance!
Philippe Borel
 
B

Beth Melton

If Philippe is relying on AutoCorrect to correct a misspelled word
that contains an apostrophe then AutoCorrect will use a smart quote
regardless of the AutoFormat settings.

The only way I know to correct this issue is to use the following:

1) Make sure the "Straight quotes with Smart quotes" option is turned
off under AutoFormat as you Type.
2) Down load the AutoCorrect Utility from:
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Customization/ExportAutocorrect.htm
3) Run the Backup function
4) Open the AutoCorrect Backup document you created in Step 2
5) Press <F5> to open Find & Replace
6) In the Find What text box type
7) In the Replace text box type '
8) Click Replace All
9) Save and close the document
10) Start the AutoCorrect Utility and run the Restore function to
replace your AutoCorrect entries.


Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
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MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/
 

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