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Chris Ryland
Inspiring
Jun 1, 2020 8:58 PM UTC
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We need a way to disable "smart" quotes when pasting text into XD text items

I don't know if this would be a preference (it is in InDesign) or another "Edit > Paste without Quote Conversion" alongside "Edit > Paste", but for some applications it's critical that the "smart quoting" conversion not be done on paste.

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Chris RylandCorrect answer
Inspiring
Jul 16, 2020 11:36 PM UTC

Thanks, and I learned you can turn this feature off in the macOS keyboard system preferences.

So it's not really anything XD is doing.

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kc! Bradshaw
Participant
Jul 16, 2020 11:32 PM UTC

Until there is an actual preference to enable/disable, here is a fix:

Type or paste the quote into your text and when it automatically turns to a smart quote, press Command-Z (macOS) to "undo" and it will revert back to a non-smart quote.

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    Chris RylandAuthorCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    Jul 16, 2020 11:36 PM UTC

    Thanks, and I learned you can turn this feature off in the macOS keyboard system preferences.

    So it's not really anything XD is doing.

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      kc! Bradshaw
      Participant
      Jul 16, 2020 11:41 PM UTC

      Beautiful! Thank you, Chris! Great find.

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      Rishabh_Tiwari
      Rishabh_Tiwari
      Legend
      Jun 2, 2020 1:06 PM UTC

      Hi Chris,

       

      Thanks for reaching out. It looks like you are talking about this feature:https://adobexd.uservoice.com/forums/353007-adobe-xd-feature-requests/suggestions/14595153-maintain-text-formatting-when-copying-and-pasting

       

      If yes, I'd request you to, please upvote this request as this is the best way of communicating with the Engineering and Product Management teams regarding issues and suggestions so they can be implemented in future releases. 

       

      If that's not what you are talking about, I'd request if you can explain a bit more about the workflow, we'll try our best to help you with it.

       

      Regards

      Rishabh

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      Chris RylandAuthor
      Inspiring
      Jun 2, 2020 2:13 PM UTC

      Thanks, no, this is not about styling, but about the auto-conversion of double straight "dumb" quotes to "smart" (typographer's) quotes. What is needed is some way to paste into a text area without that conversion.

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      Harshika Verma
      Community Manager
      Harshika VermaCommunity Manager
      Community Manager
      Jun 12, 2020 9:12 PM UTC

      Hi Chris,

       

      Sorry for the delay in response. I am afraid the option isn't available in XD as of now. I would suggest raising a new feature request here: https://adobexd.uservoice.com/forums/353007-adobe-xd-feature-requests and share the link here for tracking purpose.

       

      Hope it helps.

       

      Thanks,

      Harshika

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