> Then turn them off. How?
> File/Options/Proofing/AutoFormat There is no such menu option in the web interface. > How do we make stupid people write smarter documents? We can't make them, but we (I'm talking to you, m$) can stop encouraging them to write stupid documents. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of Charles Mills <charl...@mcn.org> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2018 6:04 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Breaking text file at position 72? > That's why I hate them. Then turn them off. File/Options/Proofing/AutoFormat As You Type: Uncheck "Straight Quotes with 'Smart Quotes'" > BTW, how do I turn off half-smart quotes on the computer of someone who's sending me a document? How do we make stupid people write smarter documents? Wish I knew. Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Seymour J Metz Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2018 2:18 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Breaking text file at position 72? > That is precisely what "smart quotes" is all about. That's why I hate them. BTW, how do I turn off half-smart quotes on the computer of someone who's sending me a document? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of Charles Mills <charl...@mcn.org> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2018 4:47 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Breaking text file at position 72? > I like "smart" quotes when I ask for them; I don't like them when I key in something else and don't get what I keyed in. That is precisely what "smart quotes" is all about. Smart Quotes *means* that you key in " and get the little curly quotes. If you don't like that, disable smart quotes and when you want curly quotes, insert them from the Insert/Symbol pull-down. FWIW I personally use both: curly quotes when typing for humans and regular "ASCII" quotes when writing documentation and training and tech support examples, which I do a lot. I have toggled between disabling smart quotes and inserting them from the pull-down, versus enabling smart quotes and using the pull-down when I want "ASCII" quotes. I have settled on the latter approach. When I am "just typing" I get curly quotes and when I am thinking about a documentation example then I insert "ASCII" quotes. YMMV. Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Seymour J Metz Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2018 12:57 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Breaking text file at position 72? > But some people like them. I like "smart" quotes when I ask for them; I don't like them when I key in something else and don't get what I keyed in. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
