Guide for Preparing Documents for Article Submission
As the diverse Article and Press Release directories accept different formats of text (HTML, Text only with a simple URL; Text with ANCHOR TEXT link formatting only), it is best to prepare the document first for each format.
How to Replace MS Word Smart Quotes With Straight Quotes with a MS Word Macro
(Globally) change any smart quotes (“xxxx” or yyy’s), usually used in MS Word, to straight quotes (“xxxx” and or yyy’s). Those smart quotes are often not rendered correctly by some platforms. If MS Word keeps recreating them then go to File > Options > Proofing and uncheck the AutoCorrect option.