Convert smart (curly) quotes to dumb (straight) quotes in InDesign using JS
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I am trying to write a script to automatically convert all curly double quotes (“”) in a text box into straight double quotes (“). Here’s all that I’ve tried so far and none of them seem to be working:
imgtext.contents = imgtext.contents.replace(/[\u201C\u201D]/g, ‘”‘);
imgtext.contents = imgtext.contents.replace(/[\u201C\u201D]/g, “\u0022”);
imgtext.contents = imgtext.contents.replace(/[\u201C\u201D]/g, ‘\^”‘);
imgtext.contents = imgtext.contents.replace(/[\u201C\u201D]/g, ‘^\”‘);
imgtext.contents = imgtext.contents.replace(/[\u201C\u201D]/g, ‘\^\”‘);What am I missing here?
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Here’s what my Find/Change looks like: https://imgur.com/5e5LUqL
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You’re replacing text content, which is dangerous because you may delete index markers, cross-references, etc. etc. And you might make a mess of formatting. It’s safer to let InDesign do the replacements rather than JavaScript. Something like this:
[code]app.documents[0].textPreferences.typographersQuotes = false;
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = '(["'])';
app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = '$1';
imgtext.changeGrep();app.documents[0].textPreferences.typographersQuotes = true;[/code]
Peter
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that awesome |
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There may be an easier way, just using Find/Change:
https://creativepro.com/curly-typography-quotes-turn-off.php/comment-page-1#comment-1096377 -
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yes yes !
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