FM 8 Apostrophe Problem

[Jeremy H. Griffith]

On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:22:34 -0500, Joel <eleysium at gmail.com> wrote:

>That didn't work either. My .ini file already was configured in the
>way that you wanted me to configure it. Is there possibly another .ini
>file that Frame is reading from? 

The second maker.ini is at:

C:\Documents and Settings\yourloginname\Application Data\Adobe\FrameMaker\8.0

But on my system, while it has a [Spelling] section, that section
does *not* contain any SmartQuotes setting.

>Is there a setting in the menus that I can tweak? Thanks,

The other option is to turn smart quotes off, and use keyboard
sequences to enter the quotes you want.  But it's a PITA...
Here's what I posted about that back in October, before finding 
that maker.ini setting:

>What you need to do is, first, turn off Smart Quotes;
>in Format > Document > Text Options... uncheck the box
>at the top left and Apply.  In FM8, it's dead; bury it.
>
>Now, if you type a ", you get a ", the straight one.
>If you want the curly one, type Ctrl-q Shift-R for
>the left one, or Ctrl-q Shift-S for the right.  There
>are other ways, but that's the fastest and simplest
>method.  The pre-8 method of Ctrl-Alt-` and Ctrl-Alt-'
>does *not* work; it gives you single quotes in FM8.
>
>For single quotes, it's simpler.  Type a `, and get a
>left curly single quote; type a ', and get a right.
>Ctrl-q Shift-T and Ctrl-q Shift-U also work, if you
>are using a non-English keyboard.  If you want the 
>actual straight character versions, you have to use 
>Ctrl-` and Ctrl-'.  That's the same as in FM7.

For the record, I'm still using 8.0p273, because of the reported 
issues with p277 when it came out (posted on Framers).  That may
make a difference.

HTH!

-- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc.
  <jeremy at omsys.com>  http://www.omsys.com/