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Randall24451883xwwg
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November 22, 2024
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Can't make left smart quotation marks {Mac}

  • November 22, 2024
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While fixing one problem, I somehow changed a setting. I now cannot make smart left single and double quotation marks.  I can make the right side smart quotation marks.  I can do it in other apps, so I somehow flipped a Dreamweaver setting and can't figure out how to go back.  When I type "option [" nothing happens.

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    Randall24451883xwwgAuthor
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    November 22, 2024

    It was an artifact of updating the Mac system software.  Adobe support worked me through the rather complicated process necessary to reset preferences.

    Nancy OShea
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    Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    November 22, 2024

    You mean this?

    Hold down Cmd + Option + Shift while launching Dreamweaver.

    https://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/kb/restore-preferences-dreamweaver.html

     

    Or this?

    Perform a clean reinstall, after running the Creative Cloud cleaner tool.

    https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/cc-cleaner-tool-installation-problems.html

     

    It might help others with a similar problem.

     

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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    Randall24451883xwwgAuthor
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    November 22, 2024
    I’m not sure. The rep connected to me remotely and worked on the permissions. I could see things happening on the screen, but I can’t recall them from memory.
    Nancy OShea
    Community Expert
    Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    November 22, 2024

    For coding reasons, I have Smart or Curly Quotes turned off by default.  They create nothing but problems in code.

     

    When curly quotes are absolutely essential for appearance, use the HTML entities below.

    https://dwheeler.com/essays/quotes-in-html.html

     

    Hope that helps.

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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    Randall24451883xwwgAuthor
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    November 22, 2024

    Thanks.  That doesn't quite solve my problem.  I can paste the quotation marks in, but I used to be able to use "option [" to get what I wanted.  Now when I do that, nothing happens.  Having spent about half an hour trying to figure out which setting I inadvertently changed, I'm hoping someone can show me what I changed.  It has to be a Dreamweaver setting, since "option [" produces smart quotation marks in other Apple apps

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