Single Curly Quotations - Opening vs Closing in Find/Replace Function

I have a question regarding using the Replace function in Microsoft Word 2013 to find and replace an opening single quotation mark with a closing single quotation mark.

I am editing a manuscript where the author uses 'em frequently in dialogue. The author uses the opening single quotation before it, instead of the closing single quotation. I tried to use the Find and Replace function to correct this, but the Replace function does not seem to recognize the closing single quotation mark. I can Find it, but I cannot Replace an opening quotation with a closing quotation. After searching on Google, I tried using the codes ^045 and ^046, with no luck. I have copied and pasted text from the manuscript into the Find and Replace fields, no luck. I have tried turning off the AutoCorrect function of straight quotes to curly quotes, no luck.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

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Answer

Doug Robbins - MVP Office Apps & Services (Word)

There are a number of characters that it could be - Combining Comma Above, Combining Comma Above Right, Combine Horn, Combining Greek Koronis.

By way of the Insert>Symbol dialog, you can determine the shortcut key combination for each of them and you would need to try by entering each in turn in the Find what control to determine exactly what has been used.

Hope this helps,
Doug Robbins - MVP Office Apps & Services (Word)
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