{"id":5441,"date":"2017-09-26T02:31:10","date_gmt":"2017-09-26T09:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edelalon.com\/blog\/?p=5441"},"modified":"2025-04-23T09:22:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T16:22:26","slug":"straight-quotes-office-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/straight-quotes-office-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Straight Quotes &#8211; Office 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"226\" data-end=\"594\">It looks like it\u2019s time for me to revisit and update my instructions on using straight quotes in <strong data-start=\"323\" data-end=\"346\">Microsoft Word 2016<\/strong>. If you\u2019re wondering why this matters, let me take you through the issue I\u2019ve recently encountered \u2014 one that\u2019s surprisingly tricky but important, especially if you\u2019re a frequent content creator or work with writing submissions in various formats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"596\" data-end=\"940\">I typically write and edit my blog posts in <strong data-start=\"640\" data-end=\"658\">Microsoft Word<\/strong>, mainly because I find it easier to proofread and organize my ideas there. Once I\u2019m done, I copy and paste the content into my website\u2019s editor (WordPress, in this case). This has worked for me for a while \u2014 until I noticed something frustrating happening with the quotation marks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"942\" data-end=\"1314\">When I pasted my content, instead of seeing nice, clean quotation marks, I saw this strange code: <code data-start=\"1040\" data-end=\"1047\">&amp;#34;<\/code> appearing everywhere on my page. At first, I thought it was just a formatting hiccup. But after a few posts, it became clear that the issue wasn\u2019t isolated. <strong data-start=\"1205\" data-end=\"1218\">WordPress<\/strong> wasn\u2019t recognizing <strong data-start=\"1238\" data-end=\"1254\">Smart Quotes<\/strong>, and was instead converting them into this odd HTML entity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1316\" data-end=\"1358\"><strong data-start=\"1316\" data-end=\"1358\">So, what\u2019s the deal with Smart Quotes?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1360\" data-end=\"1896\">Smart Quotes are those curly, stylized quotation marks (i.e., \u201c \u201d) that you often see in polished text. They look nice, they\u2019re more typographically correct, and they\u2019re the default in many word processors like Word. However, not all platforms play nice with them \u2014 and <strong data-start=\"1630\" data-end=\"1643\">WordPress<\/strong> is one of the platforms that doesn\u2019t, at least not automatically. Instead, it prefers the simpler <strong data-start=\"1742\" data-end=\"1761\">straight quotes<\/strong> (i.e., &#8221; &#8220;). When Smart Quotes get copied over, WordPress doesn\u2019t understand them and turns them into the aforementioned <code data-start=\"1883\" data-end=\"1890\">&amp;#34;<\/code> code.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1898\" data-end=\"2119\">It turns out that WordPress has its own quirks when it comes to handling special characters like these. As a result, they prefer the more straightforward, plain-text <strong data-start=\"2064\" data-end=\"2083\">straight quotes<\/strong> instead of the fancy Smart Quotes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2121\" data-end=\"2180\"><strong data-start=\"2121\" data-end=\"2180\">Why Straight Quotes Matter for More Than Just WordPress<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2182\" data-end=\"2627\">While this is a nuisance for blog posts, the issue goes even further. After doing some work with <strong data-start=\"2279\" data-end=\"2296\">grant writing<\/strong>, I realized that many formal submissions, especially for digital forms and platforms, <strong data-start=\"2383\" data-end=\"2416\">do not recognize Smart Quotes<\/strong> properly. In some cases, those curly quotes can throw off the formatting or even cause an error during the submission process. This is a huge deal when you\u2019re trying to submit applications with tight deadlines!<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2629\" data-end=\"2998\">Also, when you\u2019re working with programming or coding (like in HTML), straight quotes are the standard. If you&#8217;re adding content to any system that converts it into code, or if you&#8217;re working in a simple text editor, straight quotes will always be the safest bet. They\u2019re universally accepted and don\u2019t risk being misinterpreted or causing unnecessary formatting issues.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how to switch. Open Word 2016.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Click on <strong>File<\/strong>, then <strong>Options<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Go to the <strong>Proofing <\/strong>tab<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5443 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edelalon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Options-Auto-Correct.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"637\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Options-Auto-Correct.png 637w, https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Options-Auto-Correct-600x154.png 600w, https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Options-Auto-Correct-300x77.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 637px) 100vw, 637px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Once in the <strong>Proofing<\/strong> tab, click on the button labeled <strong>AutoCorrect Options<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>This brings you to a new window. Make sure <strong>Straight Quotes with Smart Quotes<\/strong> is unchecked.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5444\" src=\"https:\/\/edelalon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/smart-quotes.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"466\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/smart-quotes.png 466w, https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/smart-quotes-300x120.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Hope this helps you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It looks like it\u2019s time for me to revisit and update my instructions on using straight quotes in Microsoft Word 2016. If you\u2019re wondering why this matters, let me take you through the issue I\u2019ve recently encountered \u2014 one that\u2019s surprisingly tricky but important, especially if you\u2019re a frequent content creator or work with writing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[423,326,183],"class_list":["post-5441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tools","tag-quotes","tag-word","tag-wordpress"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Straight Quotes - Office 2016 &#8226; Edel Alon<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It\u2019s a small adjustment, but one that can save time and avoid unnecessary frustration. 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