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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Getting rid of smart quotes/apostrophes on Usenet
Date: 22 Mar 2016 17:13:31 GMT
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On 2016-03-22, gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:
> On 2016-03-22 06:07:41 +0000, android said:
>
>>>> TextEdit has the Edit > Substitutions > Smart Quotes menu command.
>>>> 
>>>> TextWrangler has menu commands for that (Text > Educate Quotes and Text
>>>> Straighten Quotes).
>>>> 
>>>> Not sure about Pages.
>>>> 
>>>> In general you can also search and replace all quotes in a document as
>>>> well.
>>> 
>>> Thanks.  That should cover it.
>> 
>> Just say nooo to smart quotes!
>
> I note they automatically pop up in Pages and Numbers.  There's 
> probably a way to change preferences or something, but I haven't found 
> it.  

System Preferences > Keyboard > Text > Use smart quotes and dashes

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