Smart Quotes not working properly
If deselected “Smart Quotes (“‘)“ , upon keying in a prime (') or double prime (") AI still convert the primes to quotes. My work needs to communicate dimensions (eg, 5'–6" × 2'–0") and with First Nation orthographies Mi'kmaw First Nation that require access to these standard characters. This needs to be fixed.
John deWolf
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This got solved by disabling 'Use Typographer’s Quotes' option in Document Setup > Type.
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No worries, John, always happy to help! Ai can be hard, I totally get it myself :)
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John deWolf
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Understood. I hope I didn't waste too much time. You are correct; turn off Typographers' quotes in the page setup. Since it moved from SETTINGS, I could only find it under TYPE > SMART QUOTES. I also did not realize is was over-ruled by the document setup.
Thank you!
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Not sure if I can tell this by these screenshots.
And perhaps we talk about different things... You refer to Type > Smart Punctuation dialog, which replaces punctuation in a selected text...
I talk about the Document Setup, which controls if these should be replaced while you type...
To disable auto-replacement, 'Use Typographer’s Quotes' should be disabled.
Can you explain the problem once again? I feel rather confused. -
John deWolf
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I am following your directions, and I think it is still happening.
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Sometimes plugins can influence completely unrelated things (I had a doze of cases for sure), but I meant other applications, not plugins. Some programs offer additional features, and auto-replace can easily be one of these.
Let’s test though. Open Document Setup > Type, enable 'Use Typographer’s Quotes' and change Single Quotes to something like < >.
Commit, then open the dialog once more and disable Quotes.
Then check if the singular ' will turn into <
If yes — then indeed it somehow slips through. -
John deWolf
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Another application installed that conflicts? Not that I know of. CADtools by hotdoor is the only plugin, and I don;t see any type controls in there settings.
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John deWolf
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Another application installed that conflicts? Not that I know of. CADtools by hot door is the only plugin, and I don;t see any type controls in there settings.
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John. can’t reproduce it.
Unchecking 'Use Typographer’s Quotes' in Document Setup > Type completely removes the conversion for me.
Are you sure that you disabled this properly and there is no other application installed at your side that offers a similar auto-replace functionality?
