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Q&A Why am I getting a strange double quote (“) in Open Office instead of the ordinary one (")?

I'd argue that quotation marks like “ ” are the ordinary ones, and quotation marks like " " are the strange ones. :) But if you prefer typewriter-style quotation marks, that's fine. According to t...

posted 5y ago by Tanner Swett‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T12:07:54Z (almost 5 years ago) 
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/45788
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Tanner Swett‭ · 2019-12-08T12:07:54Z (almost 5 years ago) 
I'd argue that quotation marks like `“ ”` _are_ the ordinary ones, and quotation marks like `" "` are the strange ones. :) But if you prefer typewriter-style quotation marks, that's fine.

According to [the OpenOffice wiki](https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/UserGuide/AutoCorrect), you can change this behavior by opening the AutoCorrect options, clicking the “Localized Options” tab, and un-checking the “Replace” option in the “Double quotes” section.

For a screenshot, see: [![AOO AutoCorrect LocalizedOptions](https://i.stack.imgur.com/kyf9q.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/kyf9q.png)
#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-06-06T00:17:42Z (over 5 years ago) 
Original score: 43