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In MSW, I can replace basic single and double quotes ('single' "double") with the typeset type quotes that resemble 6s and 9s (‘single’ “double”) by simply doing a search and replace. This is done when text is copied from a website or another document.

I have installed Alternative Find & Replace for Writer and I'm very impressed. However, at this time the only way to replace quotation marks is to painstakingly go through the document and replace them one at a time.

Is there a tutorial on how to work this?

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MSW ...

The Google Translator was translate the "MSW" acronym to hungarian. (and I re-translate it): MSW = Települési Szilárd Hulladék = Municipal Solid Waste

I have installed Alternative Find & Replace for Writer and I'm very impressed. However, at this time the only way to replace quotation marks is to painstakingly go through the document and replace them one at a time.

Is there a tutorial on how to work this?

You need ask the author of "Alternative Find & Replace for Writer" extension:
http://www.volny.cz/macrojtb/HelpAltSearch_en.html

/ Format / Autocorrect /Autocorrect Options : Custom Quotes Tab

Edit: An example of how to do a replacement on existing quotes is given in http://www.oooninja.com/2007/12/example ... riter.html

Thank you, kind gentlemen.

BobSongs wrote: ↑Wed Nov 03, 2010 1:37 am Is there a tutorial on how to work this?

Edit → Find&Replace is the wrong tool. No need to install anything.
[Tutorial] Convert straight quotes to custom quotes with AutoCorrect

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MrProgrammer wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2024 3:52 am No need to install anything.

It may have been the case 14 years ago. Don't remember exactly for the quotes.
But I do recall that for some French rules (unbreakable space before a column for example), in the begining, you had to install an extension or at least a macro with a key listener to do the trick.

AOO 4.1.7 AutoCorrect → Localized options offers Add non-breaking space before specific punctuation marks in French text. I have not investigated how that works since i am not familar enough with that language to understand how/when the rule is applied. Je connais un peu le français du collège.

Hagar Delest wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2024 8:09 am It may have been the case 14 years ago

Oh, I just noticed now that the original post was in 2010! I read it as a recent post. Thanks for marking it as [Solved].

MrProgrammer wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2024 7:21 pm AOO 4.1.7 AutoCorrect → Localized options offers Add non-breaking space before specific punctuation marks in French text. I have not investigated how that works since i am not familar enough with that language to understand how/when the rule is applied. Je connais un peu le français du collège.

Yes, the feature has been integrated very quickly in the main code. But I don't remember exactly when.

In French, the rule is not that complicated: if the punctuation mark is made of 2 items (? ! ; , then there is a space before (usually a unbreakable one).
However, before the 3 dots "...", there is... no space before (even if 3 items).