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#smart quotes

    24-Jul-92 14:11:01
Sb: #63582-#smart quotes
Fm: [F] Arno 73657,2104
To: Jim Ventola 70626,423
Jim, As far as I am aware, double open and closed quotes are not mapped on the Amiga Keyboard. This makes it difficult to support in the software. With Professional Page you could use two single quotes “text'' and TRACK them closer. This is also a handy way to get an em dash. Type four —- and track them by -10. Remember, tracking basically moves the highlighted charcter by the amount required. It is possible to track only a single character by highlighting it and tracking. If you highlight more then one character it will track all of them. It is not necessary to track pairs, ie: with AV you would only highlight the V and track it closer to the A…this way the A will not move. In the em dash you would highlight from the second to fourth dash and track. I know development is discussing the best possible way to make available the extended character set. The best possible and most effecient UI is needed. Philip Laitar Supervisor OH YES: It should be possible to make a genie place the characters already tracked.