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Old 09-03-2014, 10:25 PM   #28
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Originally Posted by Tex2002ans View Post
Wow, I couldn't believe it!!! Same exact thing with LibreOffice!

It adds a left double quote after an em dash.
That 'feature' has been in every WP product I've used in the last 10-15 years, maybe longer. I know it's in Word 1997/2003/2007/2010 (not sure about 2013), its always been in Open Office, it was in the last version of WordPrefect I used, pretty sure it is/was in Angel Writer too. And IIRC it was in calibre smarten punc, I think Kovid fixed it earlier this year.

My theory is that its a bug inherited from Parc Place - cut 'n paste, no coffee & pasta...

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