Hey, on my mac, scrivener places the opening smart quote the wrong way, that is, open to the left, when it should be open to the right. It’s not a mac issue, because on other programs, such as open office, it works just fine.
What might be the problem?
I usually attribute this to accidental spaces or edits I’ve made near the quotes, and the character replacement didn’t catch it. I now perform these steps periodically:
^\s+ with nothing (zaps leading whitespace on lines)\s+$ with nothing (end-of-line whitespace)As I move things around I tend to mess up the spacing, and do notice quotes going wrong. These steps, in order, fix them up.
It’s not a mac issue, because on other programs, such as open office, it works just fine.
It would be better to compare it to other native Mac software though, as OpenOffice has very little to do with Mac technology beyond maybe the main menu, and will have its own typography settings, and code for implementing them.
So check your system quote settings, which will impact all Mac software like Scrivener, in System Settings: Keyboard: Input Sources: Edit. Some regions legitimately use quotes that might look ”backward” to you, depending on what you are used to.