Quotation Mark - Typing Quotation Marks On A Computer Keyboard

Typing Quotation Marks On A Computer Keyboard

Standard English computer keyboard layouts inherited the single and double straight quotation marks from the typewriter (the single quotation mark also doubling as an apostrophe), and they do not include individual keys for left-handed and right-handed typographic quotation marks. However, most computer text-editing programs provide a "smart quotes" feature (see below) to automatically convert straight quotation marks into typographic punctuation. Generally, this smart quote feature is enabled by default. Some websites do not allow typographic quotation marks or apostrophes in posts. One can skirt these limitations, however, by using the HTML character codes or entities.

How to type quotation marks (and apostrophes) on a computer keyboard
Macintosh key combinations Windows Alt code combinations Linux (X) keys Unicode point HTML entity HTML decimal
Single opening ‘ ⌥ Opt+] Alt+0145 (on number pad) Compose+<+' or Alt Gr+⇧ Shift+V U+2018 &lsquo; &#8216;
Single closing ’ ⌥ Opt+⇧ Shift+] Alt+0146 (on number pad) Compose+>+' or Alt Gr+⇧ Shift+B U+2019 &rsquo; &#8217;
Double opening “ ⌥ Opt+[ Alt+0147 (on number pad) Compose+<+" or Alt Gr+V U+201C &ldquo; &#8220;
Double closing ” ⌥ Opt+⇧ Shift+[ Alt+0148 (on number pad) Compose+>+" or Alt Gr+B U+201D &rdquo; &#8221;

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