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DLindsay
DLindsay
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June 6, 2017
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How do I turn off smart quotes and keep them off?

  • June 6, 2017
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I have tried turning of smart quotes via Format>Document>Text Options and unchecking smart quotes. This successfully turns them off for the document I have open at the time. But I have to repeat this process for every new document I open otherwise smart quotes are still used. Is there a way that I can set them to off by default?

I'm using FM2017.

Thanks!

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Correct answer Arnis Gubins

IIRC, SmartQuotes are a Document Level property, so to turn these off for future new documents, you would have to change the settings in the template(s) that you use. For existing documents, either import the Document Properties settings from the appropriate template or continue to do this manually.

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Barb Binder
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Barb BinderCommunity Expert
Community Expert
June 6, 2017

To the best of my knowledge, it's handled document by document as you discovered, so the best approach is to edit your template so that all new files based on that template will have the desired setting. (I took a quick look in the maker.ini file and don't see a switch, but it might be worth someone taking another look.)

That said, if you are regularly working with inches and that's the issue, are you aware that you can tap Esc " to access inches and override the smart quotes?

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
DLindsay
DLindsayAuthor
Inspiring
June 7, 2017

Thanks BarbBinder.
I need straight quotes for code excerpts which no longer work correctly on being copy-pasted if the quotes are converted to curly quotes. I don't need smart quotes anywhere, so will continue to manually turn them off...

Appreciate the quick help

    Arnis Gubins
    Arnis GubinsCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    June 6, 2017

    IIRC, SmartQuotes are a Document Level property, so to turn these off for future new documents, you would have to change the settings in the template(s) that you use. For existing documents, either import the Document Properties settings from the appropriate template or continue to do this manually.

      DLindsay
      DLindsayAuthor
      Inspiring
      June 6, 2017

      Thanks Arnis! I create new documents using File>new>DITA>and either task or concept and don't think I can change the template for these, so will continue to adjust the setting manually.

      S
      Stefan Gentz
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      June 7, 2017

      You can change it in the DITA templates as well. They are fully customizable. You can find the templates in

      %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Adobe\Adobe FrameMaker 2017\Structure\xml\DITA_1.2\app\technicalContent\template

      %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Adobe\Adobe FrameMaker 2017\Structure\xml\DITA_1.3\app\technicalContent\template

      Just copy them to your project location and adjust the path to the template in the Structured Application Designer (> Structure > Structured Application Designer > Select the DITA Application you are using and adjust the template).

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