Quotation marks (single/double)

KristinaJUS · 2025-04-17T20:53:28+00:00

Hi!
Zotero automatically changes my double quotation marks to single quotation marks in the footnotes, can I change this? In the main text I use double quotation marks, and would like to use it in the Zotero footnotes as well. (My document is in british English, and zotero footnote style is OSCOLA)

damnation · 2025-04-17T21:24:49+00:00

That's set by the language and a distinction between British and US English. Change that and it should switch.

KristinaJUS · 2025-04-17T21:47:46+00:00

Thank you! So I need to switch it to US English? When I go to "Document preferences" the language is set as "English (UK)" but it is not possible to select it or change it...

damnation · 2025-04-17T21:51:26+00:00

Then you'll need to modify the style. First line where it days default-locale. Switch that to en-US.
See this guide and follow that to make your own style.
https://www.zotero.org/support/dev/citation_styles/style_editing_step-by-step