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Get rid of "smart quotes" in Outlook

Fresh3 days ago
Mar 15, 2026805 views
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Problem

I'm not sure what I did, but the quotes (single and double) in Outlook 2003 have gone from straight vertical quotes to angled quotes. I've looked through Outlook's options and the Autocorrect options, and I can't seem to find anything that would enable/disable this feature?

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Fix for: Get rid of "smart quotes" in Outlook

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If I remember correctly, you can press Ctrl + Shift + ' to turn this feature on or off. The shortcut is undocumented (it doesn't appear in Keyboard shortcuts), and I'd say it's pretty easy to enable by mistake...

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