Microsoft KB Archive/114604

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PRB: Smart Quotes Not in Help Files Compiled From Word 6 RTF

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Q114604

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows
 * Microsoft Win32 Software Development Kit (SDK), versions 3.1, 3.51, 4.0

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SYMPTOMS
When using the Microsoft Windows Help Compiler (any version) to compile a .RTF file generated by Microsoft Word for Windows version 6.0, any double quotation marks (") in the text may not show up in the compiled help file.

CAUSE
Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0 automatically replaces double quotation marks with "smart quotes". This causes your .RTF file to contain the \ldblquote and \rdblquote tokens rather than the double quotation mark characters. The Help Compiler does not recognize these tokens and therefore ignores them.

RESOLUTION
 Stop Word for Windows from replacing quotation mark characters in the future by unchecking the "Replace Simple Quotes with Smart Quotes" check box under both of the following dialog boxes:

 Choose Options from the Tools menu, then choose Auto Format. Choose Auto Correct from the Tools menu.  Replace existing quotation mark characters by performing a search and replace. That is, search for and replace the smart quotes with the quote character (") (without the parenthesis).

MORE INFORMATION
In addition, apostrophes ('), also known as single quotes, may not show up in the compiled help file. Follow the instructions above to replace the apostrophes as well.

Additional query words: 3.10 3.50 4.00 95 WINHELP HC HC31 HC30 HCP

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Technology : kbWin32SDKSearch kbAudDeveloper kbSDKSearch kbWin32sSearch kbWin32SDK400 kbWin32SDK310 kbWin32SDK351 kbWinSDKSearch