Shannon, I'd suggested using a replace all to replace the single quotes with apostrophes. There are probably way more apostrophes than signle quotes. You could then,if you wanted and the book isn't too long, do a find for the apostrophes and change any back to single quotes if needed. Cindy --- shannon work <shannon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello list, > This may be nothing but anoying to me, but it is. > I use Window Eyes to access the computer. I am > validating a rtf file and it > has alot of words like I'll and don't and she'd... > nearly all the > abreviations you could think of. My bother is that > while editing this rtf in > word the words brake on the punctuation. for example > i'll will read i l l > and don't reads like don t. if I arrow across one > letter at a time I hear i > single closed quote ll. > Now the funny part. If I delete the single closed > quote and put in an ' > (apostraphy) the word is read correctly. > Now I know this may sound silly, but there is > apparently a difference > between single closed quotes and apostraphys. > My question is should I try to change them all to be > apostraphys or leave > them as single closed quotes? > They bother me but I don't know if it makes a > differense to others. I assume > they must look the same to the sighted but I don't > know if that is different > in brail. I know it makes a differense to the screen > reader. > What do you think? > If I should change them is there a way to do a > global find and replace for a > single closed quote? > > Thanks for your time. Sorry it was so long. > Shannon > > > _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com