Is there a simple way in MS Word to get large quotation marks tightly round a paragraph of text, like you might see in print media to mark a quote?

If you simply increase the font size of the quote character, it moves too far away from the text it's accompanying. Worse, the first and last lines start to detach from the rest of the paragraph. Here's what I mean (this is Calibri I think):

But this is the desired effect (can't do this in Word, had to chop it about in a paint package):

3 Answers

Yes, Time New Roman, I just did it. Courier might space it out too much.

Also, highlight it and do format..paragraph, and make sure spacing and indentation are 0 and line spacing is single.

Correcting my answer,

I see your issue now. See my comment, create a textbox put the quote in there and move the textbox.

Here is an example you can see the method with it

The quote at the top line is done the traditional way. You'd want to delete it and use a textbox for it. The quote on the bottom line with a textbox, that's how you'd do it, that's a picture done in progress of doing it to show you the method. You would delete the quote you don't want from the textbox, make the quote however big you want, and move the textbox. And you double click the border of the textbox and make sure it has no fill and no border, then the textbox is seamless. Textboxes are very useful in Ms Word, very powerful. You can move them finely by clicking the border and using ctrl+arrow keys.

8

So here's how you can do this, not that difficult. All you need is three text box's and a little messing around with word. Make the first text box and write (or copy/paste) your quote into it. Make a second text box, and type a large quote-mark in it, like this ". Then when you make your third, do the same (make sure to make the other quote mark the same colour, font, and size for better effect). Drag the two quote marks (each in their own text box's) beside the quote and wa-la! Done. Sorry, I couldn't post pictures because I "need at least 10 reputation to post images"

2

This question is years old, but the answer you're looking for is "Drop Cap." In Word 2013 and 2016, type out your paragraph. Then select the characters at the beginning of the paragraph, usually one word, in your case, one character. In the tabs, in the "Insert" tab, click "Drop Cap" and choose "Dropped".

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Sign up using Google Sign up using Facebook Sign up using Email and Password Submit

Post as a guest

Post Your Answer Discard

By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to our terms of service, privacy policy and cookie policy