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Ditto marks

How do I get Word to automatically produce ditto marks just under each word in the previous line.

Example:

John came in 1st place.

Mark    "     "  2nd   "    .

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There is no automatic way of doing that.
Hope this helps,
Doug Robbins - MVP Office Apps & Services (Word)
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There is not even a good manual way to do it. In cases where it is necessary to replicate handwritten or typed material using ditto marks, the best you can do is insert tab stops at the requisite locations in each line and put the ditto marks (straight quotes) there. When I faced such a situation, I ended up with this:

Yesterday, I received 14 more letters:

  1. V mail from Uncle Felix – 12 Aug
  2. [V mail from][1] Grandmother – 9 Sep
  3. [V mail from] Aunt Luella – 20 Sep
  4. Air [mail from] Mother – 25 Aug
  5. Free [mail from] Cpl Dean Conrad – 28 Aug
  6. Free [mail from] 23d MRU – 31 Aug
  7. Air [mail from] Luella – 18 Sep
  8. Air [mail from] your mother – 31 Aug
  9. Air [mail from] Virginia – 27 Aug
  10. Air [mail from] Virginia – 1 Sep
  11. Air [mail from] Virginia – 30 Aug
  12. Air [mail from] Virginia – 15 Sep
  13. Air [mail from] Virginia – 18 Sep
  14. Air [mail from] Grandmother – 2 Sep

[1]No attempt has been made to reproduce Tom’s ditto marks—or rather, an attempt was made and given up as impractical!

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