How do I search for tick marks not smart quotes in Word?
I'm doing a proofing check of a book prior to submitting to publication and want to make sure it's as neat as possible before doing so.
Recently, I've had to merge two versions of the document - from Pages on iPad to Word on a PC and I need to check that none of the tick marks that appear in the Pages version appear in the Word document, as I need to change them to smart quotes.
Is there a way of searching specifically for a character? I can't find the option in the Search box! Help!
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Word doesn't recognize the difference between tick marks and smart apostrophes in the Find/Replace dialog. Just type the apostrophe character in both fields. As long as the preferences in your document are set to "smarten quotes," it will replace them all with smart apostrophes.
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