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Hi all! I have a large set of data that is generated online. What I get is something like this:
30"
I need to replace that html code """ with the inches symbol.
I know how to create the inches symbol in InDesign. But I want to do a find/replace. How would I do this? Currently I have to go through the entire document and type in "control shift quote marks" which is very tedious. Any ideas? Thanks! Oh, I'm on a Mac using InDesign 15.0.
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Hi Julie:
Is this what you need? If so:
Find "
Change to ~"
~Barb
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Thanks for the quick response and for taking the time to make the video. That's great. However, when I do what you did... I get quotation marks... not inch marks. What am I doing wrong?
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OH! I figured it out. I didn't add the tilde before the inch marks... when I did, that made it work. Thank you so much!
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Just so you know: this does not require GREP. The code for a 'straight double quote', not a typographically correct curly one, in regular Find and Change is '^"' (sans the outer quotes, thus "hat double quote"). It also works for the single quote.
Alternatively, just uncheck "Typographic correct quotes" in the Preferences, run your find&change, and check it again to restore normal behaviour. (There is even a hotkey combo that toggles it, but as I only tend to press it accidentally while hunting for something else, I always have to go to Preferences to restore it.)
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Great! We are always happy to help, Julie.
~Barb