Quote marks

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#1

I have an ODT document in which I have specified the quotes to be
straight quotes (as opposed to the curly opening-and-closing "matched"
set).

For some reason I can't explain, any new quotes inserted in the
document show up as curly quotes, not straight.

The only way I can seem to get them right is to copy ones already in
the doc and paste them. Those come out right, but I'm baffled why
this isn't working.

I have gone into Tools -> AutoCorrect -> AutoCorrect Options ->
Localized Options and set both single and double quotes for the
straight quote marks, and it seems to have no effect.

This used to work, which is one of the things I really liked about it.

What am I missing?

LO 7.1.5 running on Xubuntu 20.04.

Thanks.

Mark

#2

I have an ODT document in which I have specified the quotes to be straight quotes (as opposed to the curly opening-and-closing "matched" set). For some reason I can't explain, any new quotes inserted in the document show up as curly quotes, not straight.

Surely the action of AutoCorrect?

I have gone into Tools -> AutoCorrect -> AutoCorrect Options -> Localized Options and set both single and double quotes for the straight quote marks, and it seems to have no effect.

Not sure what you mean by "set both single and double quotes for the straight quote marks". Surely you just remove the ticks from the Replace boxes to disable this form of correction - no "setting" involved?

I trust this helps.

Brian Barker

#3

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Surely the action of AutoCorrect?

Apparently so...

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Not sure what you mean by "set both single and double quotes for the
straight quote marks". Surely you just remove the ticks from the
Replace boxes to disable this form of correction - no "setting" involved?

I trust this helps.

Yes, exactly.

That's not what I read on the Help page, but I may have misread.

Thank you!

Mark

#4

tools > autocorrect options > localized options

Do you see curly quotes or straight quotes for the replacements?

You can disable autocorrect completely, just the quotes, or have it force
straight quotes. Depending on where you cut paste from, the last option
might help you best.

#5

tools > autocorrect options > localized options

Do you see curly quotes or straight quotes for the replacements?

They look straight to me.

You can disable autocorrect completely, just the quotes, or have it force straight quotes. Depending on where you cut paste from, the last option might help you best.

That's what I was trying to do, but it didn't work.

Already solved, thank you.