[bksvol-discuss] Re: Removing apostrophes
- From: "Martha Rafter" <mlhr@xxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2013 09:12:33 -0500
Hi Folks,
Then What about stuff like ‘twas and ‘bout? I’m not sure if there is a
global way of doing it.
From: Vivian Flores
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 7:59 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Removing apostrophes
You might try:
If the dialogue is the beginning of a paragraph, you can do a search & replace
for ^p' (paragraph mark and an apostrophe no space) to replace it with a ^p",
or if it is in the middle of the paragraph you can do a search and replace for
space' to replace space".
Vivian
At 07:45 PM 1/3/2013 -0500, you wrote:
Hi Netta,
Im not sure that you can do a global replace with apostrophies. You can
try this:
First and very, very importantmake another copy of your work where you are
now!
Copy one of the apostrophies before the beginning of dialogue by highlighting
it and putting it in the find box.
In the replace box, put a quotation, or ^0034
Hit replace all.
What might happen and what Im afraid will happen is that it will also
replace the apostrophies from contractions like dont, shouldnt, mustnt. But
if MS Word knows the difference between single quotes and apostrophies, you
might get away with it. Lots of good luck!
Marty
From: Dornetta
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 6:56 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Removing apostrophes
Hey Guys;
Can someone please instruct me on how to remove apostrophes on a global
replace?
The book that I am proofing has apostrophes at the beginning of dialogues but
not at the end. In the print book, the beginning of the dialogues begin with
quotation marks. In the book the end of the dialogue has quotation marks but at
the beginning of the dialogue most of the dialogue begins with an apostrophe. I
didn't catch it in the beginning of the document but now that I am nearly at
the end, I am seeing this problem.
Thanks,
Netta
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