Is there a way to keep Dorico from flipping the apostrophes in words like 'tis and ev- 'ry ? It makes sense to me to do this with quotation marks, but it seems like this should not be the default behavior with the apostrophe. [ev'ry.png]

I’m also interested in the answer to this. I have to use apostrophes in hymns all the time.

I use a keyboard layout that allows for direct input of unicode characters for apostrophes and quotation marks. Dorico doesn’t flip these. I guess Dorico (like MS Word) turns the simple typewriter apostrophe which is accessible via most normal keyboard layouts into a typographic quotation mark, so…

I just found out that you can trick Dorico into assuming that the input typewriter apostrophe is meant to be a closing quotation mark (which is identical with the apostrophe): Write any other letter before the apostrophe, close or advance the lyrics popover so Dorico does its substitution magic, the…

I’m looking forward to trying this. Thanks!

More on it in this thread. [image] Backward Apostrophes, Rests and Frames... A couple of bugs maybe? First, any apostrophes I’m typing in appear to come out backwards as in this example. If it helps, I’m using an Apple USB keyboard (British Layout). Second, is the position of the r…

I apologize for having started a duplicate thread. I do try to search first and ask questions later. Here is another way to keep Dorico from turning a generic apostrophe into a left-facing one: For Windows users, Alt-0146 will produce a right-facing apostrophe. Dorico will not flip this. I don’t …

I can second fkretlow and affirm that this does work like a charm if you can’t remember the key stroke for the special forced apostrophe.

Thanks, David, for digging out the old thread. I wasn’t aware of it either. Just curious, as I’m not a native speaker: aren’t single quotation marks standard in English texts, with double quotation marks appearing only in nested quotations? Perhaps one day Dorico can become aware of the language …

Just curious, as I’m not a native speaker: aren’t single quotation marks standard in English texts, with double quotation marks appearing only in nested quotations? Perhaps one day Dorico can become aware of the language of the OS it’s installed on and modify its substitution rules accordingly. (F…

British English and American English have different conventions for quotes. British English uses single quote marks, with double quotes for the second level, e.g. ‘I shouted “go away” but he ignored me’. American English uses the reverse, e.g. “I shouted ‘go away’ but he ignored me”. FWIW modern pr…

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David_Tee June 25, 2017, 6:55pm 6