Normally, you add quote marks to your text as you type. There may be times, however, when you want to add the quote marks at a later time. For instance, while editing your document you may select some text and then want quote marks added around the selected text. You can accomplish this task with the following macro:
Sub AddQuotes() Dim sBegQ As String Dim sEndQ As String If Options.AutoFormatAsYouTypeReplaceQuotes Then sBegQ = Chr(147) sEndQ = Chr(148) Else sBegQ = Chr(34) sEndQ = Chr(34) End If Selection.InsertBefore sBegQ Selection.InsertAfter sEndQ End Sub
The macro determines the proper type of quote marks to use, based on whether you have Word's SmartQuotes turned on or not. The proper quotes are then placed before and after the selection.
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2019-09-30 13:35:17
Niki Pino
Do you know how to add quotes to multiple lines in MS Word? So that quotes are at the beginning of each new line after enter is pushed and at the end before enter is pushed?
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