-as of [14 AUGUST 2024]–
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*KEYBOARD STATUS MENU* —>
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-SELECT “US KEYBOARD”-
(NOT “ABC EXTENDED”)
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*OPEN THE “KEYBOARD PANEL” IN “SYSTEM SETTINGS”* —>
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*IN THE “TEXT INPUT” SECTION, CLICK [EDIT BUTTON]* —>
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-TURN ON “USE SMART QUOTES/DASHES”-
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*normal quotes* —>
“XXX”
(turn off “smart quotes” in “system settings”)
(turn off “smart quotes” in the “edit menu” in “top menu bar” of app)
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*smart quotes* —>
“XXX”
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*top left corner* —>
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“BACK TICK”
(aka “grave accent”)
(northwest —> southeast)
“diagonal single left quotation mark”
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*hold down ‘shift’ when clicking the “backtick button” to insert a “TILDE”* —>
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(TILDE)
(USED TO INDICATE AN “APPROXIMATION”)
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*MODIFIER KEYS* —>
*DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK* —>
[ [ ]
(FOR “DIRECT QUOTES”)
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*SINGLE QUOTATION MARK* —>
[ ] ]
(FOR “QUOTES WITHIN QUOTES”)
(FOR “NICKNAMES”)
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*HOLDING DOWN [SHIFT] WHEN TYPING “QUOTATION MARK” CREATES A SLIGHTLY “TOP HEAVY” STRAIGHT QUOTATION MARK*
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[OPTION] + [ [ ] —>
“
([double right straight diagonal] quotation mark)
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[SHIFT] + [OPTION] + [ [ ] —>
“
([double right straight diagonal] quotation mark)
(slight;y different?)
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[SHIFT] + [OPTION] + [ ] ] —>
’
([single right straight diagonal] quotation mark)
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[OPTION] + [ – ] —>
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“(EN) DASH”
(bottom horizontal line)
(based on ‘height’ of the font)
(a “hyphen” will be a “centered horizontal line”)
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[SHIFT] + [OPTION] + [ – ] —>
—
“EM DASH”
(longer than a regular “dash”)
(an “em” is equivalent to the length of the font’s height)
(measured in “points”)
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[OPTION] + [ t ] —>
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“DAGGER”
(USED IN FOOTNOTES WHEN “ASTERIX” HAVE ALREADY BEEN USED)
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[SHIFT] + [OPTION] + [ 7 ] —>
‡
“DOUBLE DAGGER”
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[OPTION] + [ 6 ] —>
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“SECTION SIGN”
(USED WHEN CITING SECTIONS OF “LEGAL CODE”)
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[OPTION] + [ 7 ] —>
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“PILCROW”
(USED TO IDENTIFY A “PARAGRAPH”)
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[SHIFT] + [OPTION] + [ ; ] —>
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(DOESN’T HAVE A NAME)
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