Extra space after apostrophe

Reading this whole thread, I found a lot of confusion here.

1. If the OP’s "extra" space is added automatically, it is obviously a problem of automatic correction.
2. If what is being typed is actually an apostrophe, no extra space should be added, irrespective of whether the language is set to English or French. French does not add space after apostrophes. In both English and French, apostrophes are used in contractions, and replace omitted letters.
3. Apostrophes can be typographically "straight" or "curly". Whether they are straight or curly should not have any impact on whatever is supposed to follow them. In both English and French, apostrophes are not normally followed by space characters.
4. However, French does add space after opening quotation marks. But French opening quotation marks do not look like apostrophes at all! In non-standard modern use, French uses American-style double quotation marks instead of the traditional "chevron-type" French quotes. But even then, American-style double quotation marks never look like single apostrophes!
5. In American English, double quotation marks are standard. British English favors single quotation marks as the primary quotation style.
6. In both American and British English, single or double quote marks can be typographically "straight" or "curly". Whether they are straight or curly should not have any impact on whatever is supposed to follow them. In both cases, they are not followed by space characters.

So it is very difficult to determine what is actually going on here. We’d need a sample document or excerpt.

It would help if we knew the Unicode code point corresponding to the OP’s "apostrophe". I suggest selecting it, and copy/pasting it at Unicode Character Finder.

It would also help if we knew which language is actually associated with the selected "apostrophe".

I went back to my document and checked.  And it sure does look like it's in English.  Everything that I typed is in English.

Look in the Language dialog box to find out which language is applied at the insertion point. You haven't explained which version of Word you are using, but, assuming it's Word 2013, click Review | Language | Set Proofing Language.

As an alternative, you can display the Language control on the status bar; just right-click the status bar and make sure there is a check mark next to Language.

Also, to tell if there's an actual space character next to your quotation mark, display nonprinting marks. Nonbreaking spaces are represented by degree signs (°) and "ordinary" spaces are represented by dots (·).

Thanks you for your advice.  I think you might just have explained my problem - for others out there as well.  I've been working with Courier New for years, probably since it's creation, and I didn't know about that 'extra space built-in' but now I do.  Thanks again for the advice.  Is there anyone you know of out there that might not how to correct that?

Thanks for your advice.  But unfortunately it didn't work for me.  I check my Fonts Folder and the font I use, Courier New, is there.  Thanks again for your advice.