Make typography automatically add quotation marks in MS Word 365
In Word (Microsoft Word for Office 365 in my case) typographies can be pre-defined in document templates, so that formatting can be set by highlighting some text and clicking the typography (Home tab -> Typographies box).
One thing I can't find, with no luck from searching the web and MS support site, is how to make a typography not just add formatting (color, font, size, lining, indentation...) but how to make a typography add symbols.
Specifically, I would like quotation marks "text", apostrophes 'text' etc. added around my highlighting (before and after). E.g. if I highlight the words To be or not to be in this sentence:
The famous line To be or not to be is from Hamlet
and click the typography I would like the result to automatically become:
The famous line "To be or not to be" is from Hamlet
Is this possible?
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asked Jan 17 at 20:12
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In Word (Microsoft Word for Office 365 in my case) typographies can be pre-defined in document templates, so that formatting can be set by highlighting some text and clicking the typography (Home tab -> Typographies box).
One thing I can't find, with no luck from searching the web and MS support site, is how to make a typography not just add formatting (color, font, size, lining, indentation...) but how to make a typography add symbols.
Specifically, I would like quotation marks "text", apostrophes 'text' etc. added around my highlighting (before and after). E.g. if I highlight the words To be or not to be in this sentence:
The famous line To be or not to be is from Hamlet
and click the typography I would like the result to automatically become:
The famous line "To be or not to be" is from Hamlet
Is this possible?
microsoft-word
asked Jan 17 at 20:12
SteevenSteeven
157119
add a comment |
In Word (Microsoft Word for Office 365 in my case) typographies can be pre-defined in document templates, so that formatting can be set by highlighting some text and clicking the typography (Home tab -> Typographies box).
One thing I can't find, with no luck from searching the web and MS support site, is how to make a typography not just add formatting (color, font, size, lining, indentation...) but how to make a typography add symbols.
Specifically, I would like quotation marks "text", apostrophes 'text' etc. added around my highlighting (before and after). E.g. if I highlight the words To be or not to be in this sentence:
The famous line To be or not to be is from Hamlet
and click the typography I would like the result to automatically become:
The famous line "To be or not to be" is from Hamlet
Is this possible?
microsoft-word
asked Jan 17 at 20:12
SteevenSteeven
157119
In Word (Microsoft Word for Office 365 in my case) typographies can be pre-defined in document templates, so that formatting can be set by highlighting some text and clicking the typography (Home tab -> Typographies box).
One thing I can't find, with no luck from searching the web and MS support site, is how to make a typography not just add formatting (color, font, size, lining, indentation...) but how to make a typography add symbols.
Specifically, I would like quotation marks "text", apostrophes 'text' etc. added around my highlighting (before and after). E.g. if I highlight the words To be or not to be in this sentence:
The famous line To be or not to be is from Hamlet
and click the typography I would like the result to automatically become:
The famous line "To be or not to be" is from Hamlet
Is this possible?
microsoft-word
microsoft-word
asked Jan 17 at 20:12
SteevenSteeven
157119
asked Jan 17 at 20:12
SteevenSteeven
157119
asked Jan 17 at 20:12
SteevenSteeven
157119
asked Jan 17 at 20:12
SteevenSteeven
157119
asked Jan 17 at 20:12
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I can't find a way to do that with typographies (I think my version of Word calls them "Styles"), but perhaps a macro will give you what you need. I made this as a macro:
Sub Quotes()
'
' Quotes Macro
'
'
Selection.Cut
Selection.TypeText Text:=""""
Selection.PasteAndFormat (wdFormatOriginalFormatting)
Selection.TypeText Text:=""""
End Sub
I then ran that macro (you can associate it with a button or a keyboard shortcut if you'd like) and it added quotation marks around the selected text.
Note: depending on your settings, this might not have the spacing you want at either end of the quotation. Word tries to be helpful and adjusts spacing when cutting out a word or words. To make it do what you want, you'll probably have to disable that feature.
Word options->Advanced->Cut, Copy and Paste->Use smart cut and paste->Settings->Adjust sentence and word spacing automatically.
(For super-bonus points, you can make the macro record the state of that setting, turn it off, do the cut-quote-paste-quote stuff, and then restore the saved state of the setting.)
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I can't find a way to do that with typographies (I think my version of Word calls them "Styles"), but perhaps a macro will give you what you need. I made this as a macro:
Sub Quotes()
'
' Quotes Macro
'
'
Selection.Cut
Selection.TypeText Text:=""""
Selection.PasteAndFormat (wdFormatOriginalFormatting)
Selection.TypeText Text:=""""
End Sub
I then ran that macro (you can associate it with a button or a keyboard shortcut if you'd like) and it added quotation marks around the selected text.
Note: depending on your settings, this might not have the spacing you want at either end of the quotation. Word tries to be helpful and adjusts spacing when cutting out a word or words. To make it do what you want, you'll probably have to disable that feature.
Word options->Advanced->Cut, Copy and Paste->Use smart cut and paste->Settings->Adjust sentence and word spacing automatically.
(For super-bonus points, you can make the macro record the state of that setting, turn it off, do the cut-quote-paste-quote stuff, and then restore the saved state of the setting.)
answered Jan 17 at 23:41
Doug DedenDoug Deden
568212
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I can't find a way to do that with typographies (I think my version of Word calls them "Styles"), but perhaps a macro will give you what you need. I made this as a macro:
Sub Quotes()
'
' Quotes Macro
'
'
Selection.Cut
Selection.TypeText Text:=""""
Selection.PasteAndFormat (wdFormatOriginalFormatting)
Selection.TypeText Text:=""""
End Sub
I then ran that macro (you can associate it with a button or a keyboard shortcut if you'd like) and it added quotation marks around the selected text.
Note: depending on your settings, this might not have the spacing you want at either end of the quotation. Word tries to be helpful and adjusts spacing when cutting out a word or words. To make it do what you want, you'll probably have to disable that feature.
Word options->Advanced->Cut, Copy and Paste->Use smart cut and paste->Settings->Adjust sentence and word spacing automatically.
(For super-bonus points, you can make the macro record the state of that setting, turn it off, do the cut-quote-paste-quote stuff, and then restore the saved state of the setting.)
answered Jan 17 at 23:41
Doug DedenDoug Deden
568212
add a comment |
I can't find a way to do that with typographies (I think my version of Word calls them "Styles"), but perhaps a macro will give you what you need. I made this as a macro:
Sub Quotes()
'
' Quotes Macro
'
'
Selection.Cut
Selection.TypeText Text:=""""
Selection.PasteAndFormat (wdFormatOriginalFormatting)
Selection.TypeText Text:=""""
End Sub
I then ran that macro (you can associate it with a button or a keyboard shortcut if you'd like) and it added quotation marks around the selected text.
Note: depending on your settings, this might not have the spacing you want at either end of the quotation. Word tries to be helpful and adjusts spacing when cutting out a word or words. To make it do what you want, you'll probably have to disable that feature.
Word options->Advanced->Cut, Copy and Paste->Use smart cut and paste->Settings->Adjust sentence and word spacing automatically.
(For super-bonus points, you can make the macro record the state of that setting, turn it off, do the cut-quote-paste-quote stuff, and then restore the saved state of the setting.)
answered Jan 17 at 23:41
Doug DedenDoug Deden
568212
I can't find a way to do that with typographies (I think my version of Word calls them "Styles"), but perhaps a macro will give you what you need. I made this as a macro:
Sub Quotes()
'
' Quotes Macro
'
'
Selection.Cut
Selection.TypeText Text:=""""
Selection.PasteAndFormat (wdFormatOriginalFormatting)
Selection.TypeText Text:=""""
End Sub
I then ran that macro (you can associate it with a button or a keyboard shortcut if you'd like) and it added quotation marks around the selected text.
Note: depending on your settings, this might not have the spacing you want at either end of the quotation. Word tries to be helpful and adjusts spacing when cutting out a word or words. To make it do what you want, you'll probably have to disable that feature.
Word options->Advanced->Cut, Copy and Paste->Use smart cut and paste->Settings->Adjust sentence and word spacing automatically.
(For super-bonus points, you can make the macro record the state of that setting, turn it off, do the cut-quote-paste-quote stuff, and then restore the saved state of the setting.)
answered Jan 17 at 23:41
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