Re: [libreoffice-users] Curly apostrophe

On 12/13/2012 12:38 PM, Brian Barker wrote:
> At 09:15 13/12/2012 -0800, Karen DInse wrote:
> > Using Calc, a spreadsheet created in Excel 2003 is opened. A column 
> > within the spreadsheet is formatted as Number, General. The user is 
> > trying to enter number of inches (27.5' S/W Pin) using the apostrophe 
> > to indicate inches. They are using Times New Roman as the font. The 
> > apostrophe is showing as a curly apostrophe, but the user wants it to 
> > be straight. (27.5' S/W Pin) (unfortunately these both show as 
> > straight apostrophes here).
> >
> > I tried changing the font, but that didn't work. I've tried changing 
> > the column to text, but that didn't work either. Is there a way to 
> > change curly apostrophes to straight ones?
>
> Yes.  There are two alternatives:
>
> o Calc sees the "correction" from a straight quote to a typographer's 
> one as a separate action from typing the quote itself.  So if, 
> immediately after typing the quote, you go to Edit | Undo (or Ctrl+Z), 
> you can undo the correction and keep the straight quote you typed.
>
> o If you wish to disable this automatic correction (for all documents 
> and all types of document), remove the tick at Tools | AutoCorrect 
> Options... | Localized Options | Replace.
>
> Incidentally, one tick mark is feet; two is inches.
>
> I trust this helps.
>
> Brian Barker
Very interesting, and useful.  I wonder if you know that WordPerfect is 
smart enough to do this automatically?
Too bad LO is not that smart.

--doug

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