I took care of a lot of them by doing a find and replace for , " and replacing it with ," and ditto for exclaimation. Thanks though. I am afraid to do the same for periods, because sometimes there is a period and then a left quote. Thanks, Lisa From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cindy Rosenthal Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2013 11:27 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Deleting spaces after end quotes yu might try doing a Find for space end quote, i.e., find " and replace with just the quote. Try doing only one or two before doing a replace all On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 11:00 PM, Lisa Gorden-Cushman <crysania@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hi friends, I am proofing a book where the scanner inserted a space before every end quote. I have looked at google books, and it is not supposed to be like that. Is there any way to do a find and replace to delete all the spaces, or do I have to do it manually? Thanks, Lisa