I have an Indesign document where the qoutation marks are done incorrectly. They have been made like this: 99 99. And they should be like this: 66 99. Is there a way to change this for instance by using search and replace?

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All quotes in my text are made with right doble quotation marks on either side of the quote. How can I change them into 66 99?

See image attached :) BIG thanx in advance to all you clever and kind people!

jmlevyCorrect answer

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Use the GREP tab of the search and replace window and set it as shown below

jmlevy

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Well, I realize now that my initial response was unnecessarily complicated and inaccurate. Try this:

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Sune3089345347zqAuthor

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Worked like a charm!!! I cannot thank you enough! Can I trouble you with one detail more? :) If I do the same trick for the single quotation marks, like this: ‘Jmlevy’ - the search and find engine grabs the single quotation marks inside numbers. For instance: 1960’s. See attached. Is there perhaps a clever workaround for this too? :)

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jmlevy

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This should work. It excludes the single quotes that follow a digit.

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jmlevy

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Use the GREP tab of the search and replace window and set it as shown below

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Sune3089345347zqAuthor

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Sweet Jesus, you have saved me. THANX a million! Is there also a clever trick to avoid situations like this - see attached - where the FIND / CHANGE function reads your great code and thinks the last quotation mark of the previous quote is part of the next quote - so to speak? :) A Immense gratitude for helping me out!

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