On 07/04/2009 22:03, L Duperval wrote:
Hi,
How do you switch the style of existing quote marks in one feel swoop?
I often cut and paste information from the Web into a Writer document and
I'd like straight quotes to turn into curly ones. I also translate from
English to French and vice versa, where the quote marks don't look the
same (`` and '' in English but << and >> in French).
Can anyone lend a hand? I saw a Python program (not a macro or a library)
that does this, but that's too much, even for me.
Thanks,
L
Find & Replace should work, no? Find `` and Replace All with <<, then
find '' and Replace All with >>.
Alternatively, to do all of them in one fell swoop:
1. Got to Edit>Find
2. Click More Options
3. Click Regular Expressions
4. In the Find box enter ``([^']*)''
5. In the "Replace with" box enter <<$1>>
6. Click Replace All
For an explanation please read up on Regular Expressions in the Help.
In # 4 the characters are: backtick, backtick, left parenthesis, left
square bracket, caret, single quote, right square bracket, asterisk,
right parenthesis, single quote, single quote.
In #5 the characters are: less than, less than, dollar sign, digit 1,
greater than, greater than.
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