How to Disable Smart Quotes in Word 2007
Word 2007 has a variety of proofing options. One such proofing tool, called AutoCorrect, corrects words, characters and numbers as you type. For example, if you mistype the word "the" as "teh," Word corrects it for you. AutoCorrect also changes straight quote marks to smart quote marks, or curled quote marks, by default. If you want to disable smart quotes, you can quickly do so.
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Instructions
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Open Microsoft Word 2007 and click the Office button.
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Select "Word Options" from the Office menu.
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Select "Proofing" when the Word Options window opens. You can change the proofing and auto-formatting for your documents here.
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Look to the "AutoCorrect options" section of the Proofing menu and click the "AutoCorrect Options" button. The AutoCorrect window will open. You can change the AutoCorrect options for math, smart tags and formatting here.
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Click the "AutoFormat" tab. Look to the "Replace" section and click the check box beside "'Straight quotes' with 'smart quotes'" to clear the box.
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Click the "AutoFormat As You Type" tab. Look to the "Replace" section and click the check box next to "'Straight quotes' with 'smart quotes'" to clear the box.
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Click "OK" to disable smart quotes. Click "OK" again to exit the Word Options window. Whenever you type quote marks now, they will not show up as smart quotes.
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