Using "/x{201C}.../x{201D}" did work as I wanted – many thanks.
In the latest version of Word I used the add symbol function to add a tick. I then highlighted the tick and Word suggested this was Times font character.
As I did not know how to go via the hex dump route, I organized a Word file with lines using the times font of
001 A001
to
256 A256
The Perl code then had lines
$doll_str{A001} = "/x{01}";
to
$doll_str{A256} = "/x{0100}";
Which I used to change the word document
I then looked at the modified document but I could not find the tick symbol.
I suspect that this means that the tick is not in the Times set.
Can anyone tell me if this is true?/
If so I would appreciate help in moving forward in my quest to be able to modify a Word document to
add ticks and any other characters that are available with the various fonts that can be used with Word.

In reply to Re^2: Replacing none alpha/numeric characters in a Word document by merrymonk
in thread Replacing none alpha/numeric characters in a Word document by merrymonk

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