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I am having issues with perfecting this smart quote javascript. I have a template using both plain and rich text. I have successfully gotten the smart quotes to show in the correct direction a majority of the time. One issue is when an apostrophe is used as the first character in the field, both in a plain text and rich text field. The second issue is when quotes the first character in the rich text editor only. My code is: Rich Text Rule function replaceFunction(field) { // replace quotes at the beginning or end of the entire string first field = field.replace(/^\"(?=[\w|$][^<>]*<)/, "&ldquor;"); field = field.replace(/^\'(?=[\w|$][^<>]*<)/, "&lsquor;"); field = field.replace(/\"$(?=[^<>]*<)/, "&rdquor;"); field = field.replace(/\'$(?=[^<>]*<)/, "&rsquor;"); // now replace quotes before or inside words field = field.replace(/\s"(?=[\w|$][^<>]*<)/g, " &ldquor;"); field = field.replace(/\s'(?=[\w|$][^<>]*<)/g, " &lsquor;"); // finally, replace all other quotes (after words) field = field.replace(/\"(?=[^<>]*<)/g, "&rdquor;"); field = field.replace(/\'(?=[^<>]*<)/g, "&rsquor;"); return field; } if (Field("Body") != "") return replaceFunction(Feild("Body")) else return ""; Plain Text Rule function replaceFunction(field) { // replace quotes at the beginning or end of the entire string first field = field.replace(/^\"/, "&ldquor;"); field = field.replace(/^\'/, "&lsquor;"); field = field.replace(/\"$/, "&rdquor;"); field = field.replace(/\'$/, "&rsquor;"); // now replace quotes before or inside words field = field.replace(/\s"(?=[\w|$])/g, " &ldquor;"); field = field.replace(/\s'(?=[\w|$])/g, " &lsquor;"); // finally, replace all other quotes (after words) field = field.replace(/\"/g, "&rdquor;"); field = field.replace(/\'/g, "&rsquor;"); return field; } if (Field("Headline") != "") return replaceFunction(Field("Headline")) else return ""; I tested modifying the codes a few ways but don't really know how to right the correct fix. I added a line to the "now replace quotes before or inside words" but wasn't able to get it right exactly. During testing, I could add the following line to the replace quotes before or inside words to fix the double quotes: field = field.replace(/\"(?=[\w|$][^<>]*<)/g, "&ldquor;"); , but I can't do this for the single quote because it changes the direction of an apostrophe (&rsquor;) to a left single quote. Can someone help me as I am not very good at creating javascript code? Thanks!