On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:58:37 +1000 (EST) "Owen" <rcook at pcug.org.au> wrote:
> > > Another dumbass newbie question. > > > > Using Scribus 1.3.5svn, 5 April 2009 (really 15 April 2009) on > > Intrepid > > x86_64. > > > > How do I get curly quotes and apostrophes? Is this part of a > > paragraph or character style? > > > > It works OK if I write in OOo and paste into Scribus. But I just > > wrote a couple paragraphs directly in Scribus and I can't find the > > option to use curly quotes instead of inch marks. > > > > In the text editor, go to Insert->Glyph and see if you can work it out > from there. They are 201C/D and 2018/9. > > The F12 may not work for you cos that is an Ubuntu problem I think Correction The Ctrl+Shift+U key is used to insert special characters in 1.3.5 Check your File->Preferences->Keyboard shortcuts Owen
