Use keyboard shortcuts, HTML codes, or the Windows Character Map This article explains how to type and use curly quote marks (also called smart quotes) and apostrophes in all versions of Microsoft ...

Most professional printed materials use curly quotes (including apostrophes) rather than straight quotes. We can debate whether that's a good idea, but it's the norm for printed text; check out the ...

To manually insert smart quotes, the keyboard must have a numeric keypad, and you must activate the Num Lock key. To use the numeric codes, press and hold the Alt key, then type the four-digit ...