--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Spreadsheet_HowTo.tex	2010/08/23 16:16:18	1.4
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Spreadsheet_HowTo.tex	2016/01/03 04:49:30	1.6
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 \textbf{Summing up columns}
 
-To take the sum of column ``M'', for example, use \texttt{\&SUM(``M*'')}\index{SUM}
+To take the sum of column M, for example, use \texttt{\&SUM(`M*')}\index{SUM}
 
 \noindent
 \textbf{Spreadsheet Lists}
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ operator similar to the comma operator\i
 
 The comma operator is binary and returns the value on its right. Thus
 \texttt{\$variable = 15, 26;} assigns \texttt{\$variable} the value
-26.  If you need the values to all be displayed, enclose the entire
+26.  If you need the values to all be displayed as a string, enclose the entire
 cell contents in quote marks.