getting, & not wanting, curly/straight quotes--in same d
Posted: 2006-09-13 18:20:45
I've assembled several documents recently. They contain mostly English with a few lines of Japanese here and there. Within the same document (the English sections) in one place if I type a word like don't I get curly quotes, but if I move to another place and type the same I get a straight apostrophe (same thing happens w/double quotes).
The parts used to assemble my docs came from both mac and windows platforms, and they came in different file types and fonts (Word and non-Word files). After I assemble the parts I sanitize it all--converting everything to 12 point Times New Roman.
In preferences > quick fix the "Use Smart Punctuation" box is checked. And I've tried toggling it on off to no avail.
I'm pretty sure that the part of my doc where I am able to get curly quotes came from a mac platform, and that the text where I have been unable to get curly quotes originated on windows. So I'm thinking windows/word has something to do with it.
I'm able to paste in curly quotes case by case, from one part of the document to another, but search and replace all doesn't work--the straight apostrophes are not replaced by curly ones.
I was using 2.6.something and have just upgraded to 2.7 but the situation still exists.
Any ideas/suggestions? I'd like to used one of these docs as a template, but if it's something about NWX I'd like to solve this rather than making it an ongoing thing. Alternatively, what can I tell the folks who supply me with text to do to their settings to keep from continuing to import this problem from them?
The parts used to assemble my docs came from both mac and windows platforms, and they came in different file types and fonts (Word and non-Word files). After I assemble the parts I sanitize it all--converting everything to 12 point Times New Roman.
In preferences > quick fix the "Use Smart Punctuation" box is checked. And I've tried toggling it on off to no avail.
I'm pretty sure that the part of my doc where I am able to get curly quotes came from a mac platform, and that the text where I have been unable to get curly quotes originated on windows. So I'm thinking windows/word has something to do with it.
I'm able to paste in curly quotes case by case, from one part of the document to another, but search and replace all doesn't work--the straight apostrophes are not replaced by curly ones.
I was using 2.6.something and have just upgraded to 2.7 but the situation still exists.
Any ideas/suggestions? I'd like to used one of these docs as a template, but if it's something about NWX I'd like to solve this rather than making it an ongoing thing. Alternatively, what can I tell the folks who supply me with text to do to their settings to keep from continuing to import this problem from them?