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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:
Please Note:
This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Word versions: 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003. If you are using a later version (Word 2007 or later), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for later versions of Word, click here: 
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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2022-02-01 17:18:56
Jonathan Anderson
Here is a Macro that encloses the selected text without enclosing leading or trailing spaces.nnSub encloseSelectionDoubleQuotesKeepSpaces()n'n' encloseSelectionDoubleQuotes Macron' Chr(32) is the space characternDim CFrst As StringnDim CLast As StringnDim Result As Stringn With Selection.Rangen 'Check for leading and trailing spacesn CFrst = Left(CStr(.Text), 1)n CLast = Right(CStr(.Text), 1)n If (CFrst = Chr(32)) Thenn 'include leading spacen Result = Chr(32) & Chr(34) & Trim(.Text) & Chr(34)n Elsen 'exclude leading spacen Result = Chr(34) & Trim(.Text) & Chr(34)n End Ifn If (CLast = Chr(32)) Thenn 'append with trailing spacen Result = Result & Chr(32)n End Ifn 'overwrite selected text with resultn .Text = Resultn End WithnEnd Sub
2021-11-29 11:39:45
Phil Rabichow
Thank you Allen. I've changed the macro. It's strange though. I have the macro in a global template (Macros.dot), which loads when I start Word. If I open the template, select text in a document, go to the macro in the VBE, I can press F5 or F8 & the macro works perfectly.nnIf I, instead, press Alt+F8 & run the macro (or use the toolbar button that I assigned to the macro), it clips off the entire last word. e.g. here I selected nquick brown fox spacenHere's the result: (see Figure 1 below) nnHere are my edit settings: (see Figure 2 below)
Figure 1.
Figure 2.
2021-11-29 08:58:44
Allen
See the macro version over on the WordTipsRibbon site, Phil. (Link is in the gray box at the top of this page.) It includes logic to not include the space.nn-Allen
2021-11-28 18:13:27
Phil Rabichow
Hi Allen:nI tried this macro, as well as your "Add Parens" macro. The trouble that I've had with both is that when I select text by double clicking & dragging my mouse, Word select both the words & the space after. The macros always place the final quote or paren after the space...i.e. it looks like this: "this is in quotes ", rather that this: "this is in quotes".
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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