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How to search these quotes «» and replace by “”?

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Oct 28, 2020 Oct 28, 2020

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Hi.

 

I want to replace «»  with “” in my document.

 

I need to verify paragraph by paragraph, because in some cases i want avoid the replacement.

 

There is one easy way to target «» and replace by “”?

 

Related question: How to search/replace quotes within quotes in text? 

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Community Expert , Oct 28, 2020 Oct 28, 2020

Or you can use the Find/Change panel to do the work in one time and also grep can be useful.

https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/user-guide.html/indesign/using/find-change.ug.html

 

You can choose the quotation mark you prefer with this 

https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/user-guide.html/indesign/using/find-change.ug.html#find_and_change_text

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Hello, just go in the preferences panel/TEXT and uncheck Use the Typographic quotes (or something like that in English 😉)

Sorry but the screenshare is in French 😉

 

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Or you can use the Find/Change panel to do the work in one time and also grep can be useful.

https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/user-guide.html/indesign/using/find-change.ug.html

 

You can choose the quotation mark you prefer with this 

https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/user-guide.html/indesign/using/find-change.ug.html#find_and_change_...

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