[bksvol-discuss] Re: a K1000/word2000 question

  • From: "siss52" <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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  • Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:24:57 -0600

This was a case of apostrophes coming out as backquotes, Cindy.

Sue S.

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From: "Cindy Rosenthal" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: a K1000/word2000 question


I change them all to straight quotes. I have Microsoft Word for the Mac,so I 
don't know if you can do that, but I would expect so.

Cindy

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--- On Tue, 11/11/08, siss52 <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: siss52 <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: a K1000/word2000 question
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tuesday, November 11, 2008, 11:52 AM
> I hope whoever answers your question,, Bob, can explain how
> to do it on a
> laptop with no numeric keypad, as well as with the numeric
> keypad for those
> who need that.  I have found this same problem in one book,
> and just
> replaced them one by one.  I hope there is an easier way.
> (smile)
>
> Sue S.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bob" <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 1:40 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] a K1000/word2000 question
>
>
> Ok. I'm validating a Larry McMurtry book "Texas
> Village" or something like
> that (memory gets bad).
>
> It appears to be a really good scan. Only one problem.
>
> All of the apostrophes turn out to be back quotes.
> Character 827. In
> Kurzweil I tried to mass change them to ' but Kurzy
> just deleted them
> altogether. I did a replace all left back quote to '
> and poof away they
> went.
>
> I have both ms word 2000 and Kurzweil 1000v9.5. How can I
> change those pesky
> quotes in either program?
>
> Thanks.
> Bob
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