Re: [icon-users] Smart quotes.
- From: Martin Wuerthner <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: icon-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:06:22 +0100
In message <5323c9555edaves@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Dave Stratford <daves@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi folks,
> It turns out that a document I'm working on is riddled with so-called
> smart quotes. The problem is, the only time I notice them is when I export
> to text, and transfer that doc to another, non RISCOS, system.
> At nearly 140k words, it's rather too long to go through it to try and
> change them manually. This leads to two, maybe three, questions.
> 1) How do I switch off smart quotes for the future? (Indeed, can I?)
Yes. "Choices..." from the icon bar. Then untick the "Smart quotes"
option in the "Editing options" tab.
EasiWriter's smart quotes feature is less extensive than that of other
programs (e.g., Impression, OvationPro or ArtWorks). It only replaces
single quotes you enter by sexed apostrophes and gives easy shortcuts
to enter the other sexed quotes. So, unless you have deliberately
chosen to enter any other sexed quotes, you should only find the
closing sexed single quote (the apostrophe) in your file.
> 2) How can I change all existing 'sexed' quotes, and apostrophes, into
> neutral quotes or apostrophes.
This is easy using the ordinary search and replace mechanism. Please
note that while "Smart quotes" is on, they affect keyboard input into
the search and replace dialogue box, too, so you cannot easily enter
the unsexed quote to replace with. Once you have switched "Smart
quotes" off you can enter the smart quote to search for using a
character picker like !Chars.
Martin
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