From: Stefan Blom on
When you quote something, why not insert the quotation marks as you type?
That seems easy enough...

On the other hand, you should be able to create a macro that inserts the
quotation marks for you. In the simplest case, this macro could be used:

Sub TestMacro()
Selection.Range.InsertBefore Text:=Chr$(147)
Selection.Range.InsertAfter Text:=Chr$(148)

End Sub

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP




"Felbeast" wrote:

> Word should have a button to quote instead of having to go back and select
> beginning and end of sentence and press the " button at each end. should be
> able to just select the sentence and click the quote button. Simple
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From: CyberTaz on
FWIW, I tend to agree with Stefan -- typing the quotation marks as you type
the text being quoted not only seems easiest but also most efficient. Having
to go back to identify quoted content for the purpose of marking it
after-the-fact is not only time-consuming but begs the opportunity to
overlook something, regardless of how many "buttons" one has to push.

Besides, how is Word to know that the quotation isn't more than just a
single sentence? Or isn't a phrase or passage within another sentence? Like
it or not, there is some degree of determination & work that still has to be
done by the operator :-)

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



On 4/4/10 2:09 PM, in article
862C36F7-0DAB-4FED-8900-7E0A9F565212(a)microsoft.com, "Stefan Blom"
<StefanBlom(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> When you quote something, why not insert the quotation marks as you type?
> That seems easy enough...
>
> On the other hand, you should be able to create a macro that inserts the
> quotation marks for you. In the simplest case, this macro could be used:
>
> Sub TestMacro()
> Selection.Range.InsertBefore Text:=Chr$(147)
> Selection.Range.InsertAfter Text:=Chr$(148)
>
> End Sub