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• • April 4, 2014 at 6:41 am #67869
    Drew Payette

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    I am laying out catalog copy which automatically populates text blocks. I have unchecked “use typographer quotes” because I mostly am using foot and inch marks. However some of the copy that populates has the abbreviation ‘n’ and the quotes come in wrong. Is there a GREP expression that can find the ‘ before and after the n and automatically change it from a prime single right quote to a curly single right quote?

  • April 15, 2014 at 4:48 am #67962
    Masood Ahmad

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    Hi Drew,

    Yes, sure there is, and here is the one for you. Try this under GREP tab:

    Find What:
    \x{0027}n\x{0027}

    Change to:
    \x{2018}n\x{2019}

    In case, this doesn’t work, just check the unicode value of the quote with the help of info or Glyphs panel and replace it accordingly. or else, I’m here to help, just give me some text from your document.

    and more important, you do not have to turn-off the Typographer quotes. InDesign has the ability to input both quotes without turning off some feature.

    If you press the single quote button while holding down the Alt(on pc), ctrl(on Mac), you’ll get the single straight/prime quotes used for denoting inches and feet.

    similarly, to get the double straight/prime quotes press Alt+shift (on pc), ctrl+shift(on mac) while pressing the quote button.

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