An oddity with OpenOffice1.0.0

[David Aikema]

On June 6, 2002 08:46 pm, Ralph Sanford wrote:

> > I've encountered one rather unusual thing when using Openoffice.  I seem
> > to be unable to generate any double quotes (without resorting to special
> > characters) and end up with a question mark instead.  I have no such
> > problem when using other applications.

> I have the same problem on my linux desktops and laptop (SuSE 7.2, 7.3 &
> 8.0).  None of the computers had this problem with OO 638 -> 641D.  I
> received suggestions about reinstalling fonts, but this did not solve
> the problem for me.
>
> Browsing the OO mailing list archives showed that there were other users
> with similar problem but no definitive fix, at least not at the time I
> looked over the archive.

Found it!

Jump over to the Toolsmenu /Auto Correct/Custom Quotes.  Then unselect the 
'replace' checkbox in the Double Quotes pane.

David Aikema