select text for quotation marks

Question

Is anyone aware of a way to  have quotation marks inserted at the beginning and end of selected text in Outlook 2007?

Thank you.

Cathy

Answer 1

You will find the codes in the Insert Symbol dialog when the From: drop down is showing ASCII (decimal)

The following is a bit neater code for inserting parentheses before and after the selection

With Selection

    .InsertBefore Chr(40)

    .InsertAfter Chr(41)

End With

For square brackets []

With Selection

    .InsertBefore Chr(91)

    .InsertAfter Chr(93)

End With

For curly brackets { }

With Selection

    .InsertBefore Chr(123)

    .InsertAfter Chr(125)

End With

For En dash

With Selection

    .InsertBefore Chr(150)

    .InsertAfter Chr(150)

End With

For Em dash

With Selection

    .InsertBefore Chr(153)

    .InsertAfter Chr(153)

End With

For chevrons «»

With Selection

    .InsertBefore Chr(171)

    .InsertAfter Chr(187)

End With

-- Hope this helps.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP,

dkr[atsymbol]mvps[dot]org

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"lemon scented" wrote in message news:*** Email address is removed for privacy ***...

Hi Herb,

This is very helpful.

Could you tell me what codes I should use for doing the same thing with parentheses, brackets, en dashes, and en dashes?  Where are the codes found?

Thank you.

Cathy

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP dkr[atsymbol]mvps[dot]org

Answer 2

You can use a macro. Here's the one I use:

Sub QuoteIt()

    Selection.Copy

    Selection.TypeText Text:=Chr$(147) + Chr$(148)

    Selection.MoveLeft Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1

    Selection.Paste

    Selection.MoveRight Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1

End Sub

This one inserts directional quotes. If you prefer non-directional, replace both Chr$(147) and Chr$(148) with Chr$(34).

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Herb Tyson Microsoft Word MVP

Herb Tyson Word Bible Blog

Answer 3

Hi Doug,

Thank you so much.  You are a great fountain of  information!

Cathy

Answer 4

Hi Herb,

This is very helpful.

Could you tell me what codes I should use for doing the same thing with parentheses, brackets, en dashes, and en dashes?  Where are the codes found?

Thank you.

Cathy