Hidden "speech marks" and entry problems "" Word2007

David Driscole · External Since: Jun 27, 2007 Posts: 3

Hey there.

I'm the token IT/PC guy at work. One of the girls is having trouble using
"speech marks" or "quotation marks" when she is writing in Word.

If they are inserted as you write, the first set "can be seen, but the last
set is invisible until you hit enter

Not really a bit problem "", but if she wanted to go back and put speech
marks around the work problem in this sentence, it would end up looking like
it does now.

Any ideas on how to fix it?

Many thanks, David

:: Notes from previous post below ::

Thanks John. I've had a look but that function is allready enabled. I'll
move this across to the PC Word group.

Thanks for your suggestion.

"John McGhie" wrote:

> Hi David:
>
> Look up "Autocorrect" in the Help and go to Word Options>Autocorrect
> options>Autoformat as you type... And make sure "Replace straight quotes
> with smart quotes" is enabled.
>
> Hope that's it...
>
> If not, re-post your question in the PC Word group, this one is for Mac
> Word.
>
> Cheers
>
>
> On 28/6/07 9:12 AM, in article
> 83DC5C64-EE50-44D2-B009-3E511952941D.TakeThisOut@microsoft.com, "David Driscole"
> <daviddriscole at gmail dot com> wrote:
>
> > Hey there.
> >
> > I'm the token IT/PC guy at work. One of the girls is having trouble using
> > "speech marks" or "quotation marks" when she is writing in Word.
> >
> > If they are inserted as you write, the first set "can be seen, but the last
> > set is invisible until you hit enter
> >
> > Not really a bit problem "", but if she wanted to go back and put speech
> > marks around the work problem in this sentance, it would end up looking like
> > it does now.
> >
> > Any ideas on how to fix it?
> >
> > Many thanks, David
>
> --
> Don't wait for your answer, click here: http://www.word.mvps.org/
>
> Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to.
>
> John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer
> McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
> http://jgmcghie.fastmail.com.au/
> Sydney, Australia. S33Â°53'34.20 E151Â°14'54.50
> +61 4 1209 1410, mailto:john@mcghie.name
>
>

Herb Tyson [MVP] · External Since: Oct 02, 2003 Posts: 2144

It looks like she has a foreign keyboard (one that uses "dead keys" for
inserting accented characters) enabled. On the task bar, is the language bar
showing? Ordinarily, is has EN (in the US). If it has ES or FR, then this is
the problem. Click the language indicator, and choose EN.

To keep it from happening again... you can either remove the additional
keyboard languages (unless they're needed), or at the very least,
right-click EN and choose Settings, and set all of the hot keys for
switching input languages to None. Otherwise, certain combinations of Shift
and Ctrl can cause this problem to recur... without warning.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com

"David Driscole" <daviddriscole (at) gmail (dot) com> wrote in message
news:70D89689-5BCF-4C9A-A90F-41B8AFC0941F@microsoft.com...
> Hey there.
>
> I'm the token IT/PC guy at work. One of the girls is having trouble using
> "speech marks" or "quotation marks" when she is writing in Word.
>
> If they are inserted as you write, the first set "can be seen, but the
> last
> set is invisible until you hit enter
>
> Not really a bit problem "", but if she wanted to go back and put speech
> marks around the work problem in this sentence, it would end up looking
> like
> it does now.
>
> Any ideas on how to fix it?
>
> Many thanks, David
>
> :: Notes from previous post below ::
>
> Thanks John. I've had a look but that function is allready enabled. I'll
> move this across to the PC Word group.
>
> Thanks for your suggestion.
>
> "John McGhie" wrote:
>
>> Hi David:
>>
>> Look up "Autocorrect" in the Help and go to Word Options>Autocorrect
>> options>Autoformat as you type... And make sure "Replace straight quotes
>> with smart quotes" is enabled.
>>
>> Hope that's it...
>>
>> If not, re-post your question in the PC Word group, this one is for Mac
>> Word.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>>
>> On 28/6/07 9:12 AM, in article
>> 83DC5C64-EE50-44D2-B009-3E511952941D DeleteThis @microsoft.com, "David Driscole"
>> <daviddriscole at gmail dot com> wrote:
>>
>> > Hey there.
>> >
>> > I'm the token IT/PC guy at work. One of the girls is having trouble
>> > using
>> > "speech marks" or "quotation marks" when she is writing in Word.
>> >
>> > If they are inserted as you write, the first set "can be seen, but the
>> > last
>> > set is invisible until you hit enter
>> >
>> > Not really a bit problem "", but if she wanted to go back and put
>> > speech
>> > marks around the work problem in this sentance, it would end up looking
>> > like
>> > it does now.
>> >
>> > Any ideas on how to fix it?
>> >
>> > Many thanks, David
>>
>> --
>> Don't wait for your answer, click here: http://www.word.mvps.org/
>>
>> Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to.
>>
>> John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer
>> McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
>> http://jgmcghie.fastmail.com.au/
>> Sydney, Australia. S33Â°53'34.20 E151Â°14'54.50
>> +61 4 1209 1410, mailto:john@mcghie.name
>>
>>

David Driscole · External Since: Jun 27, 2007 Posts: 3

Thanks Herb - but still no luck.

I checked the settings. Defaults were set at EN US. I've added EN NZ (and
set as defualt) and modified the keyboard settings to US. Still keeps doing
the same thing.

David

"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:

> It looks like she has a foreign keyboard (one that uses "dead keys" for
> inserting accented characters) enabled. On the task bar, is the language bar
> showing? Ordinarily, is has EN (in the US). If it has ES or FR, then this is
> the problem. Click the language indicator, and choose EN.
>
> To keep it from happening again... you can either remove the additional
> keyboard languages (unless they're needed), or at the very least,
> right-click EN and choose Settings, and set all of the hot keys for
> switching input languages to None. Otherwise, certain combinations of Shift
> and Ctrl can cause this problem to recur... without warning.
>
> --
> Herb Tyson MS MVP
> Author of the Word 2007 Bible
> Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
> Web: http://www.herbtyson.com
>
>
> "David Driscole" <daviddriscole (at) gmail (dot) com> wrote in message
> news:70D89689-5BCF-4C9A-A90F-41B8AFC0941F@microsoft.com...
> > Hey there.
> >
> > I'm the token IT/PC guy at work. One of the girls is having trouble using
> > "speech marks" or "quotation marks" when she is writing in Word.
> >
> > If they are inserted as you write, the first set "can be seen, but the
> > last
> > set is invisible until you hit enter
> >
> > Not really a bit problem "", but if she wanted to go back and put speech
> > marks around the work problem in this sentence, it would end up looking
> > like
> > it does now.
> >
> > Any ideas on how to fix it?
> >
> > Many thanks, David
> >
> > :: Notes from previous post below ::
> >
> > Thanks John. I've had a look but that function is allready enabled. I'll
> > move this across to the PC Word group.
> >
> > Thanks for your suggestion.
> >
> > "John McGhie" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi David:
> >>
> >> Look up "Autocorrect" in the Help and go to Word Options>Autocorrect
> >> options>Autoformat as you type... And make sure "Replace straight quotes
> >> with smart quotes" is enabled.
> >>
> >> Hope that's it...
> >>
> >> If not, re-post your question in the PC Word group, this one is for Mac
> >> Word.
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >>
> >>
> >> On 28/6/07 9:12 AM, in article
> >> 83DC5C64-EE50-44D2-B009-3E511952941D RemoveThis @microsoft.com, "David Driscole"
> >> <daviddriscole at gmail dot com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Hey there.
> >> >
> >> > I'm the token IT/PC guy at work. One of the girls is having trouble
> >> > using
> >> > "speech marks" or "quotation marks" when she is writing in Word.
> >> >
> >> > If they are inserted as you write, the first set "can be seen, but the
> >> > last
> >> > set is invisible until you hit enter
> >> >
> >> > Not really a bit problem "", but if she wanted to go back and put
> >> > speech
> >> > marks around the work problem in this sentance, it would end up looking
> >> > like
> >> > it does now.
> >> >
> >> > Any ideas on how to fix it?
> >> >
> >> > Many thanks, David
> >>
> >> --
> >> Don't wait for your answer, click here: http://www.word.mvps.org/
> >>
> >> Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to.
> >>
> >> John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer
> >> McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
> >> http://jgmcghie.fastmail.com.au/
> >> Sydney, Australia. S33Â°53'34.20 E151Â°14'54.50
> >> +61 4 1209 1410, mailto:john@mcghie.name
> >>
> >>
>

Herb Tyson [MVP] · External Since: Oct 02, 2003 Posts: 2144

If she presses 'e, does it convert into Ã©? If so, then check to see if the
keyboard is set to US or to United States International in the language
Settings. I'm guessing that it's set to international. US - International
does what you're seeing. Plain US doesn't.

When set to international, when you press " or ', the system waits to see
what you press next. If you press an accentable character, the system
swallows the accent and spits out the accented character. If you press
something else, the system then types " or ' respectively. From a practical
standpoint, that means you have to work harder to type a plain " character,
but not as hard to type Ã, Ã¯, or Ã¨.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com

"David Driscole" <daviddriscole (at) gmail (dot) com> wrote in message
news:C7812246-4E78-4B8C-8177-D962BDFA2CFB@microsoft.com...
> Thanks Herb - but still no luck.
>
> I checked the settings. Defaults were set at EN US. I've added EN NZ (and
> set as defualt) and modified the keyboard settings to US. Still keeps
> doing
> the same thing.
>
> David
>
> "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> It looks like she has a foreign keyboard (one that uses "dead keys" for
>> inserting accented characters) enabled. On the task bar, is the language
>> bar
>> showing? Ordinarily, is has EN (in the US). If it has ES or FR, then this
>> is
>> the problem. Click the language indicator, and choose EN.
>>
>> To keep it from happening again... you can either remove the additional
>> keyboard languages (unless they're needed), or at the very least,
>> right-click EN and choose Settings, and set all of the hot keys for
>> switching input languages to None. Otherwise, certain combinations of
>> Shift
>> and Ctrl can cause this problem to recur... without warning.
>>
>> --
>> Herb Tyson MS MVP
>> Author of the Word 2007 Bible
>> Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
>> Web: http://www.herbtyson.com
>>
>>
>> "David Driscole" <daviddriscole (at) gmail (dot) com> wrote in message
>> news:70D89689-5BCF-4C9A-A90F-41B8AFC0941F@microsoft.com...
>> > Hey there.
>> >
>> > I'm the token IT/PC guy at work. One of the girls is having trouble
>> > using
>> > "speech marks" or "quotation marks" when she is writing in Word.
>> >
>> > If they are inserted as you write, the first set "can be seen, but the
>> > last
>> > set is invisible until you hit enter
>> >
>> > Not really a bit problem "", but if she wanted to go back and put
>> > speech
>> > marks around the work problem in this sentence, it would end up looking
>> > like
>> > it does now.
>> >
>> > Any ideas on how to fix it?
>> >
>> > Many thanks, David
>> >
>> > :: Notes from previous post below ::
>> >
>> > Thanks John. I've had a look but that function is allready enabled.
>> > I'll
>> > move this across to the PC Word group.
>> >
>> > Thanks for your suggestion.
>> >
>> > "John McGhie" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi David:
>> >>
>> >> Look up "Autocorrect" in the Help and go to Word Options>Autocorrect
>> >> options>Autoformat as you type... And make sure "Replace straight
>> >> quotes
>> >> with smart quotes" is enabled.
>> >>
>> >> Hope that's it...
>> >>
>> >> If not, re-post your question in the PC Word group, this one is for
>> >> Mac
>> >> Word.
>> >>
>> >> Cheers
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On 28/6/07 9:12 AM, in article
>> >> 83DC5C64-EE50-44D2-B009-3E511952941D.RemoveThis@microsoft.com, "David Driscole"
>> >> <daviddriscole at gmail dot com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Hey there.
>> >> >
>> >> > I'm the token IT/PC guy at work. One of the girls is having trouble
>> >> > using
>> >> > "speech marks" or "quotation marks" when she is writing in Word.
>> >> >
>> >> > If they are inserted as you write, the first set "can be seen, but
>> >> > the
>> >> > last
>> >> > set is invisible until you hit enter
>> >> >
>> >> > Not really a bit problem "", but if she wanted to go back and put
>> >> > speech
>> >> > marks around the work problem in this sentance, it would end up
>> >> > looking
>> >> > like
>> >> > it does now.
>> >> >
>> >> > Any ideas on how to fix it?
>> >> >
>> >> > Many thanks, David
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Don't wait for your answer, click here: http://www.word.mvps.org/
>> >>
>> >> Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you
>> >> to.
>> >>
>> >> John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer
>> >> McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
>> >> http://jgmcghie.fastmail.com.au/
>> >> Sydney, Australia. S33Â°53'34.20 E151Â°14'54.50
>> >> +61 4 1209 1410, mailto:john@mcghie.name
>> >>
>> >>
>>

David Driscole · External Since: Jun 27, 2007 Posts: 3

Shot Herb - you got it ; )

We've rest the default to NZ English spelling and US Keyboard input. Well
done.

"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:

> If she presses 'e, does it convert into Ã©? If so, then check to see if the
> keyboard is set to US or to United States International in the language
> Settings. I'm guessing that it's set to international. US - International
> does what you're seeing. Plain US doesn't.
>
> When set to international, when you press " or ', the system waits to see
> what you press next. If you press an accentable character, the system
> swallows the accent and spits out the accented character. If you press
> something else, the system then types " or ' respectively. From a practical
> standpoint, that means you have to work harder to type a plain " character,
> but not as hard to type Ã, Ã¯, or Ã¨.
>
> --
> Herb Tyson MS MVP
> Author of the Word 2007 Bible
> Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
> Web: http://www.herbtyson.com
>
>
> "David Driscole" <daviddriscole (at) gmail (dot) com> wrote in message
> news:C7812246-4E78-4B8C-8177-D962BDFA2CFB@microsoft.com...
> > Thanks Herb - but still no luck.
> >
> > I checked the settings. Defaults were set at EN US. I've added EN NZ (and
> > set as defualt) and modified the keyboard settings to US. Still keeps
> > doing
> > the same thing.
> >
> > David
> >
> > "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> It looks like she has a foreign keyboard (one that uses "dead keys" for
> >> inserting accented characters) enabled. On the task bar, is the language
> >> bar
> >> showing? Ordinarily, is has EN (in the US). If it has ES or FR, then this
> >> is
> >> the problem. Click the language indicator, and choose EN.
> >>
> >> To keep it from happening again... you can either remove the additional
> >> keyboard languages (unless they're needed), or at the very least,
> >> right-click EN and choose Settings, and set all of the hot keys for
> >> switching input languages to None. Otherwise, certain combinations of
> >> Shift
> >> and Ctrl can cause this problem to recur... without warning.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Herb Tyson MS MVP
> >> Author of the Word 2007 Bible
> >> Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
> >> Web: http://www.herbtyson.com
> >>
> >>
> >> "David Driscole" <daviddriscole (at) gmail (dot) com> wrote in message
> >> news:70D89689-5BCF-4C9A-A90F-41B8AFC0941F@microsoft.com...
> >> > Hey there.
> >> >
> >> > I'm the token IT/PC guy at work. One of the girls is having trouble
> >> > using
> >> > "speech marks" or "quotation marks" when she is writing in Word.
> >> >
> >> > If they are inserted as you write, the first set "can be seen, but the
> >> > last
> >> > set is invisible until you hit enter
> >> >
> >> > Not really a bit problem "", but if she wanted to go back and put
> >> > speech
> >> > marks around the work problem in this sentence, it would end up looking
> >> > like
> >> > it does now.
> >> >
> >> > Any ideas on how to fix it?
> >> >
> >> > Many thanks, David
> >> >
> >> > :: Notes from previous post below ::
> >> >
> >> > Thanks John. I've had a look but that function is allready enabled.
> >> > I'll
> >> > move this across to the PC Word group.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks for your suggestion.
> >> >
> >> > "John McGhie" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Hi David:
> >> >>
> >> >> Look up "Autocorrect" in the Help and go to Word Options>Autocorrect
> >> >> options>Autoformat as you type... And make sure "Replace straight
> >> >> quotes
> >> >> with smart quotes" is enabled.
> >> >>
> >> >> Hope that's it...
> >> >>
> >> >> If not, re-post your question in the PC Word group, this one is for
> >> >> Mac
> >> >> Word.
> >> >>
> >> >> Cheers
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> On 28/6/07 9:12 AM, in article
> >> >> 83DC5C64-EE50-44D2-B009-3E511952941D.DeleteThis@microsoft.com, "David Driscole"
> >> >> <daviddriscole at gmail dot com> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> > Hey there.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I'm the token IT/PC guy at work. One of the girls is having trouble
> >> >> > using
> >> >> > "speech marks" or "quotation marks" when she is writing in Word.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > If they are inserted as you write, the first set "can be seen, but
> >> >> > the
> >> >> > last
> >> >> > set is invisible until you hit enter
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Not really a bit problem "", but if she wanted to go back and put
> >> >> > speech
> >> >> > marks around the work problem in this sentance, it would end up
> >> >> > looking
> >> >> > like
> >> >> > it does now.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Any ideas on how to fix it?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Many thanks, David
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Don't wait for your answer, click here: http://www.word.mvps.org/
> >> >>
> >> >> Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you
> >> >> to.
> >> >>
> >> >> John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer
> >> >> McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
> >> >> http://jgmcghie.fastmail.com.au/
> >> >> Sydney, Australia. S33Â°53'34.20 E151Â°14'54.50
> >> >> +61 4 1209 1410, mailto:john@mcghie.name
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
>

Herb Tyson [MVP] · External Since: Oct 02, 2003 Posts: 2144

"Shot Herb"

Where I live, "Shot Herb" would mean somebody'd be planning a memorial
service. Wink

Glad to help.

Cheers,

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com

"David Driscole" <daviddriscole (at) gmail (dot) com> wrote in message
news:AD1EEF40-DD79-4284-8F90-636F10A9439B@microsoft.com...
> Shot Herb - you got it ; )
>
> We've rest the default to NZ English spelling and US Keyboard input. Well
> done.
>
> "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> If she presses 'e, does it convert into Ã©? If so, then check to see if
>> the
>> keyboard is set to US or to United States International in the language
>> Settings. I'm guessing that it's set to international. US - International
>> does what you're seeing. Plain US doesn't.
>>
>> When set to international, when you press " or ', the system waits to see
>> what you press next. If you press an accentable character, the system
>> swallows the accent and spits out the accented character. If you press
>> something else, the system then types " or ' respectively. From a
>> practical
>> standpoint, that means you have to work harder to type a plain "
>> character,
>> but not as hard to type Ã, Ã¯, or Ã¨.
>>
>> --
>> Herb Tyson MS MVP
>> Author of the Word 2007 Bible
>> Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
>> Web: http://www.herbtyson.com
>>
>>
>> "David Driscole" <daviddriscole (at) gmail (dot) com> wrote in message
>> news:C7812246-4E78-4B8C-8177-D962BDFA2CFB@microsoft.com...
>> > Thanks Herb - but still no luck.
>> >
>> > I checked the settings. Defaults were set at EN US. I've added EN NZ
>> > (and
>> > set as defualt) and modified the keyboard settings to US. Still keeps
>> > doing
>> > the same thing.
>> >
>> > David
>> >
>> > "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:
>> >
>> >> It looks like she has a foreign keyboard (one that uses "dead keys"
>> >> for
>> >> inserting accented characters) enabled. On the task bar, is the
>> >> language
>> >> bar
>> >> showing? Ordinarily, is has EN (in the US). If it has ES or FR, then
>> >> this
>> >> is
>> >> the problem. Click the language indicator, and choose EN.
>> >>
>> >> To keep it from happening again... you can either remove the
>> >> additional
>> >> keyboard languages (unless they're needed), or at the very least,
>> >> right-click EN and choose Settings, and set all of the hot keys for
>> >> switching input languages to None. Otherwise, certain combinations of
>> >> Shift
>> >> and Ctrl can cause this problem to recur... without warning.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Herb Tyson MS MVP
>> >> Author of the Word 2007 Bible
>> >> Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
>> >> Web: http://www.herbtyson.com
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "David Driscole" <daviddriscole (at) gmail (dot) com> wrote in message
>> >> news:70D89689-5BCF-4C9A-A90F-41B8AFC0941F@microsoft.com...
>> >> > Hey there.
>> >> >
>> >> > I'm the token IT/PC guy at work. One of the girls is having trouble
>> >> > using
>> >> > "speech marks" or "quotation marks" when she is writing in Word.
>> >> >
>> >> > If they are inserted as you write, the first set "can be seen, but
>> >> > the
>> >> > last
>> >> > set is invisible until you hit enter
>> >> >
>> >> > Not really a bit problem "", but if she wanted to go back and put
>> >> > speech
>> >> > marks around the work problem in this sentence, it would end up
>> >> > looking
>> >> > like
>> >> > it does now.
>> >> >
>> >> > Any ideas on how to fix it?
>> >> >
>> >> > Many thanks, David
>> >> >
>> >> > :: Notes from previous post below ::
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks John. I've had a look but that function is allready enabled.
>> >> > I'll
>> >> > move this across to the PC Word group.
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks for your suggestion.
>> >> >
>> >> > "John McGhie" wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> Hi David:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Look up "Autocorrect" in the Help and go to Word
>> >> >> Options>Autocorrect
>> >> >> options>Autoformat as you type... And make sure "Replace straight
>> >> >> quotes
>> >> >> with smart quotes" is enabled.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Hope that's it...
>> >> >>
>> >> >> If not, re-post your question in the PC Word group, this one is for
>> >> >> Mac
>> >> >> Word.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Cheers
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On 28/6/07 9:12 AM, in article
>> >> >> 83DC5C64-EE50-44D2-B009-3E511952941D DeleteThis @microsoft.com, "David
>> >> >> Driscole"
>> >> >> <daviddriscole at gmail dot com> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> > Hey there.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > I'm the token IT/PC guy at work. One of the girls is having
>> >> >> > trouble
>> >> >> > using
>> >> >> > "speech marks" or "quotation marks" when she is writing in Word.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > If they are inserted as you write, the first set "can be seen,
>> >> >> > but
>> >> >> > the
>> >> >> > last
>> >> >> > set is invisible until you hit enter
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Not really a bit problem "", but if she wanted to go back and put
>> >> >> > speech
>> >> >> > marks around the work problem in this sentance, it would end up
>> >> >> > looking
>> >> >> > like
>> >> >> > it does now.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Any ideas on how to fix it?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Many thanks, David
>> >> >>
>> >> >> --
>> >> >> Don't wait for your answer, click here: http://www.word.mvps.org/
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you
>> >> >> to.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer
>> >> >> McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
>> >> >> http://jgmcghie.fastmail.com.au/
>> >> >> Sydney, Australia. S33Â°53'34.20 E151Â°14'54.50
>> >> >> +61 4 1209 1410, mailto:john@mcghie.name
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >>
>>

Doug Robbins - Word MVP · External Since: Jul 14, 2006 Posts: 2663

He probably meant to say "Good Shot Herb". In other words, your advice was
right on target.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"Herb Tyson [MVP]" <herb DeleteThis @1x2y3z.xnw> wrote in message
news:C40A61A5-EF46-49C5-B348-9023FADC7316@microsoft.com...
> "Shot Herb"
>
> Where I live, "Shot Herb" would mean somebody'd be planning a memorial
> service. Wink

>
> Glad to help.
>
> Cheers,
>
> --
> Herb Tyson MS MVP
> Author of the Word 2007 Bible
> Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
> Web: http://www.herbtyson.com
>
>
> "David Driscole" <daviddriscole (at) gmail (dot) com> wrote in message
> news:AD1EEF40-DD79-4284-8F90-636F10A9439B@microsoft.com...
>> Shot Herb - you got it ; )
>>
>> We've rest the default to NZ English spelling and US Keyboard input. Well
>> done.
>>
>> "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:
>>
>>> If she presses 'e, does it convert into é? If so, then check to see if
>>> the
>>> keyboard is set to US or to United States International in the language
>>> Settings. I'm guessing that it's set to international. US -
>>> International
>>> does what you're seeing. Plain US doesn't.
>>>
>>> When set to international, when you press " or ', the system waits to
>>> see
>>> what you press next. If you press an accentable character, the system
>>> swallows the accent and spits out the accented character. If you press
>>> something else, the system then types " or ' respectively. From a
>>> practical
>>> standpoint, that means you have to work harder to type a plain "
>>> character,
>>> but not as hard to type í, ï, or è.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Herb Tyson MS MVP
>>> Author of the Word 2007 Bible
>>> Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
>>> Web: http://www.herbtyson.com
>>>
>>>
>>> "David Driscole" <daviddriscole (at) gmail (dot) com> wrote in message
>>> news:C7812246-4E78-4B8C-8177-D962BDFA2CFB@microsoft.com...
>>> > Thanks Herb - but still no luck.
>>> >
>>> > I checked the settings. Defaults were set at EN US. I've added EN NZ
>>> > (and
>>> > set as defualt) and modified the keyboard settings to US. Still keeps
>>> > doing
>>> > the same thing.
>>> >
>>> > David
>>> >
>>> > "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> It looks like she has a foreign keyboard (one that uses "dead keys"
>>> >> for
>>> >> inserting accented characters) enabled. On the task bar, is the
>>> >> language
>>> >> bar
>>> >> showing? Ordinarily, is has EN (in the US). If it has ES or FR, then
>>> >> this
>>> >> is
>>> >> the problem. Click the language indicator, and choose EN.
>>> >>
>>> >> To keep it from happening again... you can either remove the
>>> >> additional
>>> >> keyboard languages (unless they're needed), or at the very least,
>>> >> right-click EN and choose Settings, and set all of the hot keys for
>>> >> switching input languages to None. Otherwise, certain combinations of
>>> >> Shift
>>> >> and Ctrl can cause this problem to recur... without warning.
>>> >>
>>> >> --
>>> >> Herb Tyson MS MVP
>>> >> Author of the Word 2007 Bible
>>> >> Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
>>> >> Web: http://www.herbtyson.com
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> "David Driscole" <daviddriscole (at) gmail (dot) com> wrote in
>>> >> message
>>> >> news:70D89689-5BCF-4C9A-A90F-41B8AFC0941F@microsoft.com...
>>> >> > Hey there.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > I'm the token IT/PC guy at work. One of the girls is having trouble
>>> >> > using
>>> >> > "speech marks" or "quotation marks" when she is writing in Word.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > If they are inserted as you write, the first set "can be seen, but
>>> >> > the
>>> >> > last
>>> >> > set is invisible until you hit enter
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Not really a bit problem "", but if she wanted to go back and put
>>> >> > speech
>>> >> > marks around the work problem in this sentence, it would end up
>>> >> > looking
>>> >> > like
>>> >> > it does now.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Any ideas on how to fix it?
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Many thanks, David
>>> >> >
>>> >> > :: Notes from previous post below ::
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Thanks John. I've had a look but that function is allready enabled.
>>> >> > I'll
>>> >> > move this across to the PC Word group.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Thanks for your suggestion.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > "John McGhie" wrote:
>>> >> >
>>> >> >> Hi David:
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> Look up "Autocorrect" in the Help and go to Word
>>> >> >> Options>Autocorrect
>>> >> >> options>Autoformat as you type... And make sure "Replace straight
>>> >> >> quotes
>>> >> >> with smart quotes" is enabled.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> Hope that's it...
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> If not, re-post your question in the PC Word group, this one is
>>> >> >> for
>>> >> >> Mac
>>> >> >> Word.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> Cheers
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> On 28/6/07 9:12 AM, in article
>>> >> >> 83DC5C64-EE50-44D2-B009-3E511952941D DeleteThis @microsoft.com, "David
>>> >> >> Driscole"
>>> >> >> <daviddriscole at gmail dot com> wrote:
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> > Hey there.
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >> > I'm the token IT/PC guy at work. One of the girls is having
>>> >> >> > trouble
>>> >> >> > using
>>> >> >> > "speech marks" or "quotation marks" when she is writing in Word.
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >> > If they are inserted as you write, the first set "can be seen,
>>> >> >> > but
>>> >> >> > the
>>> >> >> > last
>>> >> >> > set is invisible until you hit enter
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >> > Not really a bit problem "", but if she wanted to go back and
>>> >> >> > put
>>> >> >> > speech
>>> >> >> > marks around the work problem in this sentance, it would end up
>>> >> >> > looking
>>> >> >> > like
>>> >> >> > it does now.
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >> > Any ideas on how to fix it?
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >> > Many thanks, David
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> --
>>> >> >> Don't wait for your answer, click here: http://www.word.mvps.org/
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask
>>> >> >> you
>>> >> >> to.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer
>>> >> >> McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
>>> >> >> http://jgmcghie.fastmail.com.au/
>>> >> >> Sydney, Australia. S33°53'34.20 E151°14'54.50
>>> >> >> +61 4 1209 1410, mailto:john@mcghie.name
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >>
>>> >>
>>>
>

Herb Tyson [MVP] · External Since: Oct 02, 2003 Posts: 2144

I gathered the meaning, but thought maybe "Shot" was an NZ expression. This
had me heading back to the Ngaio Marsh collection. Wink

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" <dkr.RemoveThis@REMOVECAPSmvps.org> wrote in message
news:ODWZd$uuHHA.4464@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> He probably meant to say "Good Shot Herb". In other words, your advice
> was right on target.
>
> --
> Hope this helps.
>
> Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
> services on a paid consulting basis.
>
> Doug Robbins - Word MVP
>
> "Herb Tyson [MVP]" <herb.RemoveThis@1x2y3z.xnw> wrote in message
> news:C40A61A5-EF46-49C5-B348-9023FADC7316@microsoft.com...
>> "Shot Herb"
>>
>> Where I live, "Shot Herb" would mean somebody'd be planning a memorial
>> service. Wink

>>
>> Glad to help.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> --
>> Herb Tyson MS MVP
>> Author of the Word 2007 Bible
>> Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
>> Web: http://www.herbtyson.com
>>
>>
>> "David Driscole" <daviddriscole (at) gmail (dot) com> wrote in message
>> news:AD1EEF40-DD79-4284-8F90-636F10A9439B@microsoft.com...
>>> Shot Herb - you got it ; )
>>>
>>> We've rest the default to NZ English spelling and US Keyboard input.
>>> Well
>>> done.
>>>
>>> "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:
>>>
>>>> If she presses 'e, does it convert into é? If so, then check to see if
>>>> the
>>>> keyboard is set to US or to United States International in the language
>>>> Settings. I'm guessing that it's set to international. US -
>>>> International
>>>> does what you're seeing. Plain US doesn't.
>>>>
>>>> When set to international, when you press " or ', the system waits to
>>>> see
>>>> what you press next. If you press an accentable character, the system
>>>> swallows the accent and spits out the accented character. If you press
>>>> something else, the system then types " or ' respectively. From a
>>>> practical
>>>> standpoint, that means you have to work harder to type a plain "
>>>> character,
>>>> but not as hard to type í, ï, or è.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Herb Tyson MS MVP
>>>> Author of the Word 2007 Bible
>>>> Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
>>>> Web: http://www.herbtyson.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "David Driscole" <daviddriscole (at) gmail (dot) com> wrote in message
>>>> news:C7812246-4E78-4B8C-8177-D962BDFA2CFB@microsoft.com...
>>>> > Thanks Herb - but still no luck.
>>>> >
>>>> > I checked the settings. Defaults were set at EN US. I've added EN NZ
>>>> > (and
>>>> > set as defualt) and modified the keyboard settings to US. Still keeps
>>>> > doing
>>>> > the same thing.
>>>> >
>>>> > David
>>>> >
>>>> > "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >> It looks like she has a foreign keyboard (one that uses "dead keys"
>>>> >> for
>>>> >> inserting accented characters) enabled. On the task bar, is the
>>>> >> language
>>>> >> bar
>>>> >> showing? Ordinarily, is has EN (in the US). If it has ES or FR, then
>>>> >> this
>>>> >> is
>>>> >> the problem. Click the language indicator, and choose EN.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> To keep it from happening again... you can either remove the
>>>> >> additional
>>>> >> keyboard languages (unless they're needed), or at the very least,
>>>> >> right-click EN and choose Settings, and set all of the hot keys for
>>>> >> switching input languages to None. Otherwise, certain combinations
>>>> >> of
>>>> >> Shift
>>>> >> and Ctrl can cause this problem to recur... without warning.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> --
>>>> >> Herb Tyson MS MVP
>>>> >> Author of the Word 2007 Bible
>>>> >> Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
>>>> >> Web: http://www.herbtyson.com
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> "David Driscole" <daviddriscole (at) gmail (dot) com> wrote in
>>>> >> message
>>>> >> news:70D89689-5BCF-4C9A-A90F-41B8AFC0941F@microsoft.com...
>>>> >> > Hey there.
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > I'm the token IT/PC guy at work. One of the girls is having
>>>> >> > trouble
>>>> >> > using
>>>> >> > "speech marks" or "quotation marks" when she is writing in Word.
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > If they are inserted as you write, the first set "can be seen, but
>>>> >> > the
>>>> >> > last
>>>> >> > set is invisible until you hit enter
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > Not really a bit problem "", but if she wanted to go back and put
>>>> >> > speech
>>>> >> > marks around the work problem in this sentence, it would end up
>>>> >> > looking
>>>> >> > like
>>>> >> > it does now.
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > Any ideas on how to fix it?
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > Many thanks, David
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > :: Notes from previous post below ::
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > Thanks John. I've had a look but that function is allready
>>>> >> > enabled.
>>>> >> > I'll
>>>> >> > move this across to the PC Word group.
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > Thanks for your suggestion.
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > "John McGhie" wrote:
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> >> Hi David:
>>>> >> >>
>>>> >> >> Look up "Autocorrect" in the Help and go to Word
>>>> >> >> Options>Autocorrect
>>>> >> >> options>Autoformat as you type... And make sure "Replace straight
>>>> >> >> quotes
>>>> >> >> with smart quotes" is enabled.
>>>> >> >>
>>>> >> >> Hope that's it...
>>>> >> >>
>>>> >> >> If not, re-post your question in the PC Word group, this one is
>>>> >> >> for
>>>> >> >> Mac
>>>> >> >> Word.
>>>> >> >>
>>>> >> >> Cheers
>>>> >> >>
>>>> >> >>
>>>> >> >> On 28/6/07 9:12 AM, in article
>>>> >> >> 83DC5C64-EE50-44D2-B009-3E511952941D.RemoveThis@microsoft.com, "David
>>>> >> >> Driscole"
>>>> >> >> <daviddriscole at gmail dot com> wrote:
>>>> >> >>
>>>> >> >> > Hey there.
>>>> >> >> >
>>>> >> >> > I'm the token IT/PC guy at work. One of the girls is having
>>>> >> >> > trouble
>>>> >> >> > using
>>>> >> >> > "speech marks" or "quotation marks" when she is writing in
>>>> >> >> > Word.
>>>> >> >> >
>>>> >> >> > If they are inserted as you write, the first set "can be seen,
>>>> >> >> > but
>>>> >> >> > the
>>>> >> >> > last
>>>> >> >> > set is invisible until you hit enter
>>>> >> >> >
>>>> >> >> > Not really a bit problem "", but if she wanted to go back and
>>>> >> >> > put
>>>> >> >> > speech
>>>> >> >> > marks around the work problem in this sentance, it would end up
>>>> >> >> > looking
>>>> >> >> > like
>>>> >> >> > it does now.
>>>> >> >> >
>>>> >> >> > Any ideas on how to fix it?
>>>> >> >> >
>>>> >> >> > Many thanks, David
>>>> >> >>
>>>> >> >> --
>>>> >> >> Don't wait for your answer, click here: http://www.word.mvps.org/
>>>> >> >>
>>>> >> >> Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask
>>>> >> >> you
>>>> >> >> to.
>>>> >> >>
>>>> >> >> John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer
>>>> >> >> McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
>>>> >> >> http://jgmcghie.fastmail.com.au/
>>>> >> >> Sydney, Australia. S33°53'34.20 E151°14'54.50
>>>> >> >> +61 4 1209 1410, mailto:john@mcghie.name
>>>> >> >>
>>>> >> >>
>>>> >>
>>>>
>>
>
>

Doug Robbins - Word MVP · External Since: Jul 14, 2006 Posts: 2663

There is amongst some a tendency to economise on words. To them the "Good"
would have been implied and therefore unnecessary. Particularly amongst
spectators of a sporting event

It probably originated with cricket.

Any idea what that is? <G>

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"Herb Tyson [MVP]" <herb RemoveThis @1x2y3z.xnw> wrote in message
news:7077FDFC-3C53-4500-8575-645F25C688FA@microsoft.com...
>I gathered the meaning, but thought maybe "Shot" was an NZ expression. This
>had me heading back to the Ngaio Marsh collection. Wink

>
> --
> Herb Tyson MS MVP
> Author of the Word 2007 Bible
> Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
> Web: http://www.herbtyson.com
>
>
> "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" <dkr RemoveThis @REMOVECAPSmvps.org> wrote in message
> news:ODWZd$uuHHA.4464@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> He probably meant to say "Good Shot Herb". In other words, your advice
>> was right on target.
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
>> services on a paid consulting basis.
>>
>> Doug Robbins - Word MVP
>>
>> "Herb Tyson [MVP]" <herb RemoveThis @1x2y3z.xnw> wrote in message
>> news:C40A61A5-EF46-49C5-B348-9023FADC7316@microsoft.com...
>>> "Shot Herb"
>>>
>>> Where I live, "Shot Herb" would mean somebody'd be planning a memorial
>>> service. Wink

>>>
>>> Glad to help.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> --
>>> Herb Tyson MS MVP
>>> Author of the Word 2007 Bible
>>> Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
>>> Web: http://www.herbtyson.com
>>>
>>>
>>> "David Driscole" <daviddriscole (at) gmail (dot) com> wrote in message
>>> news:AD1EEF40-DD79-4284-8F90-636F10A9439B@microsoft.com...
>>>> Shot Herb - you got it ; )
>>>>
>>>> We've rest the default to NZ English spelling and US Keyboard input.
>>>> Well
>>>> done.
>>>>
>>>> "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> If she presses 'e, does it convert into é? If so, then check to see if
>>>>> the
>>>>> keyboard is set to US or to United States International in the
>>>>> language
>>>>> Settings. I'm guessing that it's set to international. US -
>>>>> International
>>>>> does what you're seeing. Plain US doesn't.
>>>>>
>>>>> When set to international, when you press " or ', the system waits to
>>>>> see
>>>>> what you press next. If you press an accentable character, the system
>>>>> swallows the accent and spits out the accented character. If you press
>>>>> something else, the system then types " or ' respectively. From a
>>>>> practical
>>>>> standpoint, that means you have to work harder to type a plain "
>>>>> character,
>>>>> but not as hard to type í, ï, or è.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Herb Tyson MS MVP
>>>>> Author of the Word 2007 Bible
>>>>> Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
>>>>> Web: http://www.herbtyson.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "David Driscole" <daviddriscole (at) gmail (dot) com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:C7812246-4E78-4B8C-8177-D962BDFA2CFB@microsoft.com...
>>>>> > Thanks Herb - but still no luck.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I checked the settings. Defaults were set at EN US. I've added EN NZ
>>>>> > (and
>>>>> > set as defualt) and modified the keyboard settings to US. Still
>>>>> > keeps
>>>>> > doing
>>>>> > the same thing.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > David
>>>>> >
>>>>> > "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:
>>>>> >
>>>>> >> It looks like she has a foreign keyboard (one that uses "dead keys"
>>>>> >> for
>>>>> >> inserting accented characters) enabled. On the task bar, is the
>>>>> >> language
>>>>> >> bar
>>>>> >> showing? Ordinarily, is has EN (in the US). If it has ES or FR,
>>>>> >> then this
>>>>> >> is
>>>>> >> the problem. Click the language indicator, and choose EN.
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> To keep it from happening again... you can either remove the
>>>>> >> additional
>>>>> >> keyboard languages (unless they're needed), or at the very least,
>>>>> >> right-click EN and choose Settings, and set all of the hot keys for
>>>>> >> switching input languages to None. Otherwise, certain combinations
>>>>> >> of
>>>>> >> Shift
>>>>> >> and Ctrl can cause this problem to recur... without warning.
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> --
>>>>> >> Herb Tyson MS MVP
>>>>> >> Author of the Word 2007 Bible
>>>>> >> Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
>>>>> >> Web: http://www.herbtyson.com
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> "David Driscole" <daviddriscole (at) gmail (dot) com> wrote in
>>>>> >> message
>>>>> >> news:70D89689-5BCF-4C9A-A90F-41B8AFC0941F@microsoft.com...
>>>>> >> > Hey there.
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > I'm the token IT/PC guy at work. One of the girls is having
>>>>> >> > trouble
>>>>> >> > using
>>>>> >> > "speech marks" or "quotation marks" when she is writing in Word.
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > If they are inserted as you write, the first set "can be seen,
>>>>> >> > but the
>>>>> >> > last
>>>>> >> > set is invisible until you hit enter
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > Not really a bit problem "", but if she wanted to go back and put
>>>>> >> > speech
>>>>> >> > marks around the work problem in this sentence, it would end up
>>>>> >> > looking
>>>>> >> > like
>>>>> >> > it does now.
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > Any ideas on how to fix it?
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > Many thanks, David
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > :: Notes from previous post below ::
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > Thanks John. I've had a look but that function is allready
>>>>> >> > enabled.
>>>>> >> > I'll
>>>>> >> > move this across to the PC Word group.
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > Thanks for your suggestion.
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > "John McGhie" wrote:
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> >> Hi David:
>>>>> >> >>
>>>>> >> >> Look up "Autocorrect" in the Help and go to Word
>>>>> >> >> Options>Autocorrect
>>>>> >> >> options>Autoformat as you type... And make sure "Replace
>>>>> >> >> straight
>>>>> >> >> quotes
>>>>> >> >> with smart quotes" is enabled.
>>>>> >> >>
>>>>> >> >> Hope that's it...
>>>>> >> >>
>>>>> >> >> If not, re-post your question in the PC Word group, this one is
>>>>> >> >> for
>>>>> >> >> Mac
>>>>> >> >> Word.
>>>>> >> >>
>>>>> >> >> Cheers
>>>>> >> >>
>>>>> >> >>
>>>>> >> >> On 28/6/07 9:12 AM, in article
>>>>> >> >> 83DC5C64-EE50-44D2-B009-3E511952941D RemoveThis @microsoft.com, "David
>>>>> >> >> Driscole"
>>>>> >> >> <daviddriscole at gmail dot com> wrote:
>>>>> >> >>
>>>>> >> >> > Hey there.
>>>>> >> >> >
>>>>> >> >> > I'm the token IT/PC guy at work. One of the girls is having
>>>>> >> >> > trouble
>>>>> >> >> > using
>>>>> >> >> > "speech marks" or "quotation marks" when she is writing in
>>>>> >> >> > Word.
>>>>> >> >> >
>>>>> >> >> > If they are inserted as you write, the first set "can be seen,
>>>>> >> >> > but
>>>>> >> >> > the
>>>>> >> >> > last
>>>>> >> >> > set is invisible until you hit enter
>>>>> >> >> >
>>>>> >> >> > Not really a bit problem "", but if she wanted to go back and
>>>>> >> >> > put
>>>>> >> >> > speech
>>>>> >> >> > marks around the work problem in this sentance, it would end
>>>>> >> >> > up
>>>>> >> >> > looking
>>>>> >> >> > like
>>>>> >> >> > it does now.
>>>>> >> >> >
>>>>> >> >> > Any ideas on how to fix it?
>>>>> >> >> >
>>>>> >> >> > Many thanks, David
>>>>> >> >>
>>>>> >> >> --
>>>>> >> >> Don't wait for your answer, click here:
>>>>> >> >> http://www.word.mvps.org/
>>>>> >> >>
>>>>> >> >> Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask
>>>>> >> >> you
>>>>> >> >> to.
>>>>> >> >>
>>>>> >> >> John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer
>>>>> >> >> McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
>>>>> >> >> http://jgmcghie.fastmail.com.au/
>>>>> >> >> Sydney, Australia. S33°53'34.20 E151°14'54.50
>>>>> >> >> +61 4 1209 1410, mailto:john@mcghie.name
>>>>> >> >>
>>>>> >> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

Herb Tyson [MVP] · External Since: Oct 02, 2003 Posts: 2144

Yeah. It's a jumping cockroach. Wink

(I've been to the UK more times than I
can count... but I've been to NZ only virtually... as a ham radio operator.)

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" <dkr RemoveThis @REMOVECAPSmvps.org> wrote in message
news:%23cVVMe2uHHA.2272@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> There is amongst some a tendency to economise on words. To them the
> "Good" would have been implied and therefore unnecessary. Particularly
> amongst spectators of a sporting event
>
> It probably originated with cricket.
>
> Any idea what that is? <G>
>
> --
> Hope this helps.
>
> Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
> services on a paid consulting basis.
>
> Doug Robbins - Word MVP
>
> "Herb Tyson [MVP]" <herb RemoveThis @1x2y3z.xnw> wrote in message
> news:7077FDFC-3C53-4500-8575-645F25C688FA@microsoft.com...
>>I gathered the meaning, but thought maybe "Shot" was an NZ expression.
>>This had me heading back to the Ngaio Marsh collection. Wink

>>
>> --
>> Herb Tyson MS MVP
>> Author of the Word 2007 Bible
>> Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
>> Web: http://www.herbtyson.com
>>
>>
>> "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" <dkr RemoveThis @REMOVECAPSmvps.org> wrote in message
>> news:ODWZd$uuHHA.4464@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> He probably meant to say "Good Shot Herb". In other words, your advice
>>> was right on target.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Hope this helps.
>>>
>>> Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
>>> services on a paid consulting basis.
>>>
>>> Doug Robbins - Word MVP
>>>
>>> "Herb Tyson [MVP]" <herb RemoveThis @1x2y3z.xnw> wrote in message
>>> news:C40A61A5-EF46-49C5-B348-9023FADC7316@microsoft.com...
>>>> "Shot Herb"
>>>>
>>>> Where I live, "Shot Herb" would mean somebody'd be planning a memorial
>>>> service. Wink

>>>>
>>>> Glad to help.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Herb Tyson MS MVP
>>>> Author of the Word 2007 Bible
>>>> Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
>>>> Web: http://www.herbtyson.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "David Driscole" <daviddriscole (at) gmail (dot) com> wrote in message
>>>> news:AD1EEF40-DD79-4284-8F90-636F10A9439B@microsoft.com...
>>>>> Shot Herb - you got it ; )
>>>>>
>>>>> We've rest the default to NZ English spelling and US Keyboard input.
>>>>> Well
>>>>> done.
>>>>>
>>>>> "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> If she presses 'e, does it convert into é? If so, then check to see
>>>>>> if the
>>>>>> keyboard is set to US or to United States International in the
>>>>>> language
>>>>>> Settings. I'm guessing that it's set to international. US -
>>>>>> International
>>>>>> does what you're seeing. Plain US doesn't.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When set to international, when you press " or ', the system waits to
>>>>>> see
>>>>>> what you press next. If you press an accentable character, the system
>>>>>> swallows the accent and spits out the accented character. If you
>>>>>> press
>>>>>> something else, the system then types " or ' respectively. From a
>>>>>> practical
>>>>>> standpoint, that means you have to work harder to type a plain "
>>>>>> character,
>>>>>> but not as hard to type í, ï, or è.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Herb Tyson MS MVP
>>>>>> Author of the Word 2007 Bible
>>>>>> Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
>>>>>> Web: http://www.herbtyson.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "David Driscole" <daviddriscole (at) gmail (dot) com> wrote in
>>>>>> message
>>>>>> news:C7812246-4E78-4B8C-8177-D962BDFA2CFB@microsoft.com...
>>>>>> > Thanks Herb - but still no luck.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > I checked the settings. Defaults were set at EN US. I've added EN
>>>>>> > NZ (and
>>>>>> > set as defualt) and modified the keyboard settings to US. Still
>>>>>> > keeps
>>>>>> > doing
>>>>>> > the same thing.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > David
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >> It looks like she has a foreign keyboard (one that uses "dead
>>>>>> >> keys" for
>>>>>> >> inserting accented characters) enabled. On the task bar, is the
>>>>>> >> language
>>>>>> >> bar
>>>>>> >> showing? Ordinarily, is has EN (in the US). If it has ES or FR,
>>>>>> >> then this
>>>>>> >> is
>>>>>> >> the problem. Click the language indicator, and choose EN.
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> To keep it from happening again... you can either remove the
>>>>>> >> additional
>>>>>> >> keyboard languages (unless they're needed), or at the very least,
>>>>>> >> right-click EN and choose Settings, and set all of the hot keys
>>>>>> >> for
>>>>>> >> switching input languages to None. Otherwise, certain combinations
>>>>>> >> of
>>>>>> >> Shift
>>>>>> >> and Ctrl can cause this problem to recur... without warning.
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> --
>>>>>> >> Herb Tyson MS MVP
>>>>>> >> Author of the Word 2007 Bible
>>>>>> >> Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
>>>>>> >> Web: http://www.herbtyson.com
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> "David Driscole" <daviddriscole (at) gmail (dot) com> wrote in
>>>>>> >> message
>>>>>> >> news:70D89689-5BCF-4C9A-A90F-41B8AFC0941F@microsoft.com...
>>>>>> >> > Hey there.
>>>>>> >> >
>>>>>> >> > I'm the token IT/PC guy at work. One of the girls is having
>>>>>> >> > trouble
>>>>>> >> > using
>>>>>> >> > "speech marks" or "quotation marks" when she is writing in Word.
>>>>>> >> >
>>>>>> >> > If they are inserted as you write, the first set "can be seen,
>>>>>> >> > but the
>>>>>> >> > last
>>>>>> >> > set is invisible until you hit enter
>>>>>> >> >
>>>>>> >> > Not really a bit problem "", but if she wanted to go back and
>>>>>> >> > put
>>>>>> >> > speech
>>>>>> >> > marks around the work problem in this sentence, it would end up
>>>>>> >> > looking
>>>>>> >> > like
>>>>>> >> > it does now.
>>>>>> >> >
>>>>>> >> > Any ideas on how to fix it?
>>>>>> >> >
>>>>>> >> > Many thanks, David
>>>>>> >> >
>>>>>> >> > :: Notes from previous post below ::
>>>>>> >> >
>>>>>> >> > Thanks John. I've had a look but that function is allready
>>>>>> >> > enabled.
>>>>>> >> > I'll
>>>>>> >> > move this across to the PC Word group.
>>>>>> >> >
>>>>>> >> > Thanks for your suggestion.
>>>>>> >> >
>>>>>> >> > "John McGhie" wrote:
>>>>>> >> >
>>>>>> >> >> Hi David:
>>>>>> >> >>
>>>>>> >> >> Look up "Autocorrect" in the Help and go to Word
>>>>>> >> >> Options>Autocorrect
>>>>>> >> >> options>Autoformat as you type... And make sure "Replace
>>>>>> >> >> straight
>>>>>> >> >> quotes
>>>>>> >> >> with smart quotes" is enabled.
>>>>>> >> >>
>>>>>> >> >> Hope that's it...
>>>>>> >> >>
>>>>>> >> >> If not, re-post your question in the PC Word group, this one is
>>>>>> >> >> for
>>>>>> >> >> Mac
>>>>>> >> >> Word.
>>>>>> >> >>
>>>>>> >> >> Cheers
>>>>>> >> >>
>>>>>> >> >>
>>>>>> >> >> On 28/6/07 9:12 AM, in article
>>>>>> >> >> 83DC5C64-EE50-44D2-B009-3E511952941D RemoveThis @microsoft.com, "David
>>>>>> >> >> Driscole"
>>>>>> >> >> <daviddriscole at gmail dot com> wrote:
>>>>>> >> >>
>>>>>> >> >> > Hey there.
>>>>>> >> >> >
>>>>>> >> >> > I'm the token IT/PC guy at work. One of the girls is having
>>>>>> >> >> > trouble
>>>>>> >> >> > using
>>>>>> >> >> > "speech marks" or "quotation marks" when she is writing in
>>>>>> >> >> > Word.
>>>>>> >> >> >
>>>>>> >> >> > If they are inserted as you write, the first set "can be
>>>>>> >> >> > seen, but
>>>>>> >> >> > the
>>>>>> >> >> > last
>>>>>> >> >> > set is invisible until you hit enter
>>>>>> >> >> >
>>>>>> >> >> > Not really a bit problem "", but if she wanted to go back and
>>>>>> >> >> > put
>>>>>> >> >> > speech
>>>>>> >> >> > marks around the work problem in this sentance, it would end
>>>>>> >> >> > up
>>>>>> >> >> > looking
>>>>>> >> >> > like
>>>>>> >> >> > it does now.
>>>>>> >> >> >
>>>>>> >> >> > Any ideas on how to fix it?
>>>>>> >> >> >
>>>>>> >> >> > Many thanks, David
>>>>>> >> >>
>>>>>> >> >> --
>>>>>> >> >> Don't wait for your answer, click here:
>>>>>> >> >> http://www.word.mvps.org/
>>>>>> >> >>
>>>>>> >> >> Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask
>>>>>> >> >> you
>>>>>> >> >> to.
>>>>>> >> >>
>>>>>> >> >> John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer
>>>>>> >> >> McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
>>>>>> >> >> http://jgmcghie.fastmail.com.au/
>>>>>> >> >> Sydney, Australia. S33°53'34.20 E151°14'54.50
>>>>>> >> >> +61 4 1209 1410, mailto:john@mcghie.name
>>>>>> >> >>
>>>>>> >> >>
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>
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