Smart quotes that open a quotation or title appear as solid 66s while closing ones look like 99s.

What is smart quotes. As you type text Word automatically changes straight quotation marks or to curly quotation marks also known as smart quotes or typographers quotes. It seduces smart people into thinking they cant lose. A word processors smart quotes feature uses spaces to determine whether to insert an opening or closing quote.

But a wise man finds a smart man and learns from him how to avoid the mistake altogether. As you type text Word automatically changes straight quotation marks or to curly quotation marks also known as smart quotes or typographers quotes. What are smart quotes.

To manually insert smart quotes the keyboard must have a numeric keypad. So it can be a good idea to change the default smart-quote setting in Microsoft. When the typewriter was still prevalent straight quotes helped reduce the number of keys on the keyboard and the computer keyboard followed suit.

A smart man makes a mistake learns from it and never makes that mistake again. When you type a quote mark they automatically change them from straight to curly. A smart man makes a mistake learns from it and never makes that mistake again.

Smart quotes dont seem all that intelligent when they mess up the formatting in certain files or on web pages. Success is a lousy teacher. Its not that Im so smart.

But a wise man finds a smart man and learns from him how to avoid the mistake altogether. Dumb or straight quotes are usually simple tapered vertical or angled marks. Word PowerPoint Google Docs and Slides all have a smart quote function.