Re: I cannot enable smartquotes in AbiWord 2.4.6 on Windows XP SP2

On Wed, 18 Apr 2007, sum1_lists@yahoo.com wrote:

> Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:48:09 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "sum1_lists@yahoo.com" <sum1_lists@yahoo.com>
> To: abiword-user@abisource.com
> Subject: Re: I cannot enable smartquotes in AbiWord 2.4.6 on Windows XP
> SP2
>
>
> --- frank <frank@frankspace.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > Hello!
> >
> > I just downloaded and installed AbiWord version 2.4.6 on my Windows
> > XP
> > SP2 (fully updated, all patches, etc) system. I use this computer
> > for
> > my job, which involves a considerable amount of word processing. I
> > am
> > hoping that I can switch from using Microsoft Word to using AbiWord.
> > However, smartquotes are something I actually need for what I do.
> >
> > Unfortunately, they are not enabled, and the option to enable them is
> >
> > missing from the preferences dialog. According to the documentation,
> > I
> > understand it it supposed to be in Tools > Preferences > Layout. It
> > isn't. It isn't anywhere that I can find.
>
> The preference was removed for 2.4.4.

completely?

might still be possible to manually enable it by editing Abiword.Profile
(see the FAQ for a description on how to edit Abiword.Profile). haven't
checked though

> I believe the only way to use smart quotes is to manually insert them
> (e.g. using the symbol dialog) or to copy them into the document.

the smart quote feature never quite worked right and demand for it was
relatively low so developers move on to better and brighter things

-- 
Alan
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