Typographer's Quotes Issues Within InDesign/InCopy CS3

Before I start, I do know about the typographer's quotes preference within InDesign and InCopy CS3. [InDesign/Copy > Preferences > Type] And yes, all computers involved are indeed plugged into the wall.
Here's our issue: We have layouts wherein typographer's quotes become disabled. Our EiC has noticed this, so this has understandingly become Production's issue.
Now, I've checked all of our InDesign and InCopy users—all have typographer's quotes selected as their main preference. The InCopy and InDesign templates we've created both have typographer's quotes as the standard preference. However, with some layouts, it seems as if the preference gets disabled.
I don't know if it's a rogue computer, or some sort of interplay within the InDesign/InCopy workflow. All I would like to know is if anyone else has experienced this, and if so, what you did in order to remedy it.
Thanks!
John J. O'Sullivan

The preference for Typographer's Quotes will only apply to text set within the ID document. I do not believe that you can control the quotes when you copy+paste from another source, so whatever they are in the copied source is what you will get, regardless of pref. You can control Typographer's Quotes when you import from other sources, perhaps the option is not selected when importing. And you can toggle: command+option+shift+' without having to go into the preference to change, perhaps someone is inadvertently doing this when entering text.

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