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How to get en and em dashes and single or double left and right quotation marks on Windows and Mac.
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Typographic Characters’ Keyboard Shortcuts.md

####‘ Left single quote (U+2018)

  • Windows: Alt+0145
  • Mac: Option+]
  • Linux AltGr+Shift+V

####’ Right single quote (U+2019)

  • Windows: Alt+0146
  • Mac: Shift+Option+]
  • Linux AltGr+Shift+B

####“ Left double quote (U+201C)

  • Windows: Alt+0147
  • Mac: Option+[
  • Linux: AltGr+V

####” Right double quote (U+201D)

  • Windows: Alt+0148
  • Mac: Shift+Option+[
  • Linux: AltGr+B

####« Left double angle quote (U+00AB)

  • Windows: Alt+174
  • Mac: Option+\
  • Linux: AltGr+[

####» Right double angle quote (U+00BB)

  • Windows: Alt+175
  • Mac: Option+Shift+\
  • Linux: AltGr+]

####‹ Left single angle quote (U+2039)

  • Windows: Alt+0139
  • Mac: Option+Shift+3

####› Right single angle quote (U+203A)

  • Windows: Alt+0155
  • Mac: Option+Shift+4

####– En dash (U+2013)

  • Windows: Alt+0150
  • Mac: Option+-

####— Em dash (U+2014)

  • Windows: Alt+0151
  • Mac: Shift+Option+-
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