Re: [icon-users] Smart quotes.
- From: Eddie Lord <riscos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: icon-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:58:34 GMT
In message <5323c9555edaves@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Dave Stratford <daves@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote thus:
> 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?)
The option for Smart Quotes is in Choices via menu on the Icon bar
icon. Its the second tab - select the button as required.
> 2) How can I change all existing 'sexed' quotes, and apostrophes, into
> neutral quotes or apostrophes.
You should be able to do a search and replace.
I use !XChars to select the characters I need, which saves remembering
odd hex numbers etc.
> 3) If 2 cannot be done, is there any way in the text export process to do
> the same?
Not as far as I know.
HTH
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Kind Regards
Eddie
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