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Inspiring
August 2, 2023
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unable to have the good quotation mark

  • August 2, 2023
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Hello,

I have Acrobat Pro in french version.

Actually in my language (french), when I modify a PDF file, I have seen that the quotation marks does not correspond to my language : I have  "   instead of   «

I would like to have the quotation marks corresponding to my language.

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Inspiring
August 2, 2023

Hi Gary,

I am on Windows 10.

In Acrobat Pro, actually, when I try to add a quotation mark, Acrobat write this type : "   " 

But my goal is to use this type of quotation mark : «  »    (this is the quotation mark we use in french language).

So in Acrobat, in order to use them, I am obliged to do  : ALT 174, and ALT 175. 

I don't understand why in Microsoft Word and also Adobe Frame Maker, I have automatically this type of quotation mark («  ») but in Acrobat Pro it is not the case.

Acrobat Pro should be able to do it automatically in the french version : « »

gary_sc
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Community Expert
August 2, 2023

Hi, @pierret18811376, you're not talking about "French" quotation marks; you're talking about generic quotation marks versus curly quotes. These are from any language. 

 

Acrobat does not provide the ability to set that automatically in Preferences, but you can do it manually. For how to do this on the PC, check out https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat-discussions/typographer-s-quotes-in-acrobat-dc/td-p/11662202

 

For the Mac, for double marks, press Option-[ and Shift-Option-[ (“”). For single, do the same but use the ] key (‘’)

 

Hope that helps,