07.01.2005

Design

Temporarily Disable Curly Quotes in InDesign

In InDesign, you do want to set curly quotes on as a default. But what happens if you want to use non-curly quotes for inch (") and foot (') marks? Here's how! From InDesign Magazine's Tip of the Week:

Sometimes you want to type a curly ("typographers") quote and sometimes you want a straight quote. But by default, InDesign always converts straight quotes to curly quotes as you type. Isn't there a way to get both? Sort of. Press Command-Option-Shift-' (that's the quote key on your keyboard), or Ctrl-Alt-Shift-' in Windows. This turns off the quote converter preference, so now you'll get your straight quotes. Press the shortcut again to turn the converter back on to get your curly quotes.

For more tips, visit http://www.creativepro.com/story/feature/22813.html

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