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Single quotation marks in Word - that's how it's done

Answer 1

Specify insert in the settings
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Paste with keyboard shortcut
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Insert single French quotation marks
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quick start Guide

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You need simple quotation marks more often than you think. And we'll tell you how to insert them into Word..

Quotation marks are used at the beginning and end of verbatim speech or quotations. But also to highlight words or parts of your text. Most of the time, you use the double quotation marks, also called quotes. But if you need the single quotation marks, Microsoft Word offers several ways to write them.

• Specify insert in the settings
• Paste with keyboard shortcut
• Insert single French quotation marks

Specify insert in the settings

In the settings you can determine whether an apostrophe, which you insert with the key combination [Shift] + [#] , is converted into a quotation mark. Follow our step-by-step instructions or take a look at the quick start guide .

1st step:

Open Word and switch to the " File " tab .

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Now click on the " Options " entry to open the Word settings.

3rd step:

Open the " Document Review " category and click on the " AutoCorrect Options " button on the right under the section of the same name.

4th step:

Now switch to the " AutoFormat while typing " tab . Under " Replace as you type " check the box for "Straight" quotation marks with "typographical" ".

5th step:

Also in the " AutoFormat " tab, check the box of the same name under " Replace ". Then click OK .

6th step:

To insert single quotation marks, press the [Shift] + [#] keys at the same time . Word automatically knows whether a quotation mark is needed at the top or bottom.

Paste with keyboard shortcut

There is of course a keyboard shortcut that you can use to insert single quotation marks:

1st step:

To insert a quotation mark at the bottom, hold down the [Alt] key and enter 0130 on the numeric keypad . Then release the [Alt] key and the symbol appears.

2nd step:

For a quotation mark at the top, hold down the [Alt] key again and enter 0145 on the numeric keypad .

Insert single French quotation marks

If you prefer single French quotation marks called chevrons, you can also insert these with a keyboard shortcut:

1st step:

For the opening chevron, hold down the [Alt] key and enter the number sequence 8249 on the numeric keypad .

2nd step:

To write the closing chevron, hold down [Alt] again and enter 8250 on the numeric keypad .

quick start Guide

1. Open Word, switch to the " File " tab in the upper left corner and click on " Options " in the lower left corner to open the Word settings .
2. In the new window, switch to the " Document Review " category on the left and click on the " AutoCorrect Options " button on the right .
3. Now check the " " Straight quotation marks through "typographical" "in the categories" AutoFormat as you type "and" AutoFormat ". Then click OK .
4. Now use the key combination [Shift] + [#] to write quotation marks .

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