Localised Options

Specify the AutoCorrect options for quotation marks and for options that are specific to the language of the text.

To access this command...

Choose Tools - AutoCorrect - AutoCorrect Options - Localised Options tab.

Select to apply the replacements while you type [T], or when you modify existing text [M].

Add non-breaking space before specific punctuation marks in French text

Inserts a non breaking space before ";", "!", "?", ":" and "%" when the character language is set to French (France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Monaco, or Switzerland) and before ":" only when the character language is set to French (Canada).

Format ordinal number suffixes (1st ... 1st)

Formats the text characters of ordinals, such as 1st, 2nd, or 3rd, as superscripts. For example, in English text, 1st will be converted to 1st.

Note that this only applies to languages that have the convention of formatting ordinal numbers as superscript.

Transliterate to Old Hungarian if the text direction is from right to left

Words and numbers are transliterated to Old Hungarian script, if the text direction is from right to left using complex text layout.

Languages Using Complex Text Layout

Replace << and >> with angle quotes

Automatically replaces double less-than and greater-than signs with double angle quotes « and » in several languages, and with single angle quotes ‹ and › in Swiss French.

Single Quotes / Double Quotes

Specify the replacement characters to use for single or double quotation marks.

Replace

Automatically replaces the default system symbol for the given type of quotation marks with the special character that you specify.

Start quote

Select the special character that will automatically replace the current opening quotation mark in your document when you choose Tools - AutoCorrect - Apply.

End quote

Select the special character that will automatically replace the current closing quotation mark in your document when you choose Tools - AutoCorrect - Apply.

Default

Resets the quotation marks to the default symbols.

Dialog Buttons

Reset

Resets modified values back to the tab page previous values.

Cancel

Closes dialogue box and discards all changes.

OK

Saves all changes and closes dialogue box.