Nine changes to the default Word 2013 settings

by Mark Kaelin  |  December 6, 2012, 12:12pm PST  |  Image 5 of 11

No Smart Quotes for me

Turn off Smart Quotes

Smart Quotes look great when you are in Word, but they don't play well with WordPress and the other tools I have to use to publish content on TechRepublic, so I always turn them off. This is a two-step process, which makes it slightly tricky.

Under the Proofing tab you will see a button with the label: AutoCorrect Options. When you click that button you are taken to the AutoCorrect configuration screen. Click the AutoFormat tab (Figure E) and deselect the Replace Straight quotes with smart quotes check box. For good measure, I also uncheck the boxes for Ordinals, Fractions, and Hyphens.

Credit: Images by Mark Kaelin for TechRepublic

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