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Davis_XI
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June 5, 2023
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How to turn off Smart Quotes script in InDesign?

  • June 5, 2023
  • 2 replies
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Hi

 

Someone recently helped me with this script to turn off 'smart reflow' in my preferences. Is it possible to do the same to turn off 'Smart  Typographer's Quotes'?

 

Thanks

 

 

#targetengine "smartText";

app.addEventListener("afterOpen", changeSmartText);

function changeSmartText(e) {
    if (e.parent.constructor.name == "LayoutWindow") {
        e.parent.parent.textPreferences.smartTextReflow = false;
        alert("This document's Smart Text Reflow has been set to: " + e.parent.parent.textPreferences.smartTextReflow)
    }
};

 

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    Correct answer m1b

    My apologies. Because the alert call is spread over several lines, you must comment out each line.

    //        alert(
//            'Set preferences:\n'
//            + 'Smart Text Reflow = ' + e.parent.parent.textPreferences.smartTextReflow + '\n'
//            + 'Typographer\'s quotes = ' + e.parent.parent.textPreferences.typographersQuotes + '\n'
//        );

     

    2 replies

    m1b
    Community Expert
    m1bCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    June 8, 2023

    Hi @Davis_XI,  To remove the alert just remove the line that starts with "alert" or comment it out by adding two forward slashes // before the word "alert". - Mark

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    Davis_XIAuthor
    Known Participant
    June 12, 2023

    Hi

    Once again thank you for all your help. When I add the // I get the following error.

    Thanks

     

     

    m1b
    Community Expert
    m1bCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    June 12, 2023

    My apologies. Because the alert call is spread over several lines, you must comment out each line.

    //        alert(
//            'Set preferences:\n'
//            + 'Smart Text Reflow = ' + e.parent.parent.textPreferences.smartTextReflow + '\n'
//            + 'Typographer\'s quotes = ' + e.parent.parent.textPreferences.typographersQuotes + '\n'
//        );

     

      m1b
      Community Expert
      m1bCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      June 5, 2023

      Hi @Davis_XI, it would be like this I think:

      app.addEventListener("afterOpen", changeSmartText);
function changeSmartText(e) {
    if (e.parent.constructor.name == "LayoutWindow") {
        e.parent.parent.textPreferences.smartTextReflow = false;
        e.parent.parent.textPreferences.typographersQuotes = false;
        alert(
            'Set preferences:\n'
            + 'Smart Text Reflow = ' + e.parent.parent.textPreferences.smartTextReflow + '\n'
            + 'Typographer\'s quotes = ' + e.parent.parent.textPreferences.typographersQuotes + '\n'
        );
    }
};

      - Mark

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      Davis_XIAuthor
      Known Participant
      June 8, 2023

      Hi

      Sorry its taken so long to reply! Thank you, thats great. At the moment I'm getting a window confirming the prefences have been changed. How woud I remove this feature, i don't really need it?

       

      Thanks

      Charu Rajput
      Community Expert
      Charu RajputCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      June 8, 2023

      You can hide the alerts, Add following Before running the script

      app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.neverInteract;

       

      After execution completed,

      app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.interactWithAll;

       

      Best regards
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