Smart Quotes Fixer
Quick Tips
- • This tool runs entirely in your browser - your data stays private.
- • Press Ctrl+V (Cmd+V on Mac) to quickly paste text.
- • Use the Copy button to save your result to clipboard.
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Convert curly quotes and smart apostrophes to straight ASCII quotes.
Examples
"Hello"
"Hello"
It's working
It's working
"test"—example
"test"--example
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Frequently Asked Questions
Smart quotes are curly quotation marks (" " ' ') that word processors automatically create instead of straight quotes (" '). They look better in documents but can cause technical problems in code, data, and systems expecting ASCII characters.
Programming languages expect straight quotes for string literals. Smart quotes are different characters that compilers and interpreters don't recognize as quotation marks. Code with smart quotes produces syntax errors or unexpected behavior.
Microsoft Word, Google Docs, Apple Pages, and most word processors auto-convert straight quotes to smart quotes. Web pages may use them for typography. Copying text from these sources brings smart quotes into your code or data.
Yes, optionally. Em-dashes (—) can convert to double hyphens (--), en-dashes (–) to single hyphens, and ellipses (…) to three periods (...). Choose which typographic characters to normalize based on your needs.
Yes, the tool supports reverse conversion—transforming straight quotes to properly matched curly quotes. This is useful when preparing text for professional documents or publications that require typographic quotes.
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