Non-Curley Quotes for XPRO 3-2?

**jclements** · 05 September 2007, 09:27 PM

OK .... I do a lot of engineering diagrams where dimensions are called-out in inches (") and feet (').

Curely quotes just don't cut it. Is there a way override these? Assign a shortcut key of somesort? Or a specific value to enter from numeric keyboard (I don't think the old ASCii codes work do they) ?

**amoore** · 05 September 2007, 09:49 PM

I think the old ASCII codes do work, but I'm not where I can look up the code for non-curly quote, so I can't check it out. However, I did just key in the code for an ellipsis and it worked.

Make sure the code begins with a 0. Hold down the Alt key and type the numbers on the number pad. (Doesn't work with the QWERTY number keys.)

**Egg Bramhill** · 05 September 2007, 10:12 PM

John,

Whilst you wait for someone to come along with the ASCII code, open up note pad, type in your feet & inches / copy and paste into XXP and they come in as you want. Just a temp workaround.

**Daniel** · 05 September 2007, 10:37 PM

Alter UseSmartQuotes from 1 to 0 in the registry under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Xara\XaraXtremePro\Opti ons\TextTool

**handrawn** · 05 September 2007, 11:14 PM

smart [non-curly] quotes are not in the standard ASCII code set - you could use windows character map to copy/paste them from a font that includes them

**jclements** · 06 September 2007, 01:42 PM

Daniel, thanks for the registry fix.

Anyone know the extended code #?. I looked in Windows Character Map (Arial and Times New Roman) but did not see them.

I am thinking will add straight quotes to my default template and then copy them when needed.

John

**handrawn** · 06 September 2007, 01:59 PM

Like I said its not ASCII - so there probably won't be one by default,

It would only appear in a font as an extended character - should the font creator have decided to included it as one of the options

**ss-kalm** · 06 September 2007, 02:24 PM

Hi All,

Enclosed ASCII Codes for a US Keyboard - Not sure how the UK keyboard differs, but it may be a starting point. If anyone has an old MS-DOS manual, all the ASCII codes are listed there. Hope this helps.

Keith

**ss-kalm** · 06 September 2007, 02:30 PM

The ASCII codes show the standard character set. To the best of my knowledge, whether they show as curly quotes or straight quotes depends on the font. Typically a serif font will show them as curly quotes and a sans serif font will show them as straight quotes. I stand to be corrected, but that's how I understand it.

Keith

**handrawn** · 06 September 2007, 02:59 PM

true that quotes itself has ASCII [decimal 34] but not separate one for straight quotes

and you are right of course that the font could have straight quotes instead of curly - could also have both if straight quotes replaces one of the other extended set characters