How do I do a non-smart apostrophy on a mac?

Factual Questions
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How do I make a non-smart apostrophy on a mac?

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You’re going to have to tell us what program you’re typing in, on a Mac. Even if it’s Finder.

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In what application? A lot of things are standardized across the Mac OS, but I don’t think this is one of them.

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It’s less a matter of “on a mac” and more a matter of what program you are in. If you are using Word:

Also, in general smart quote settings are usually in the prefernces of any particular application. If you’re just looking to input a particular symbol in any application, you can use the character palette, which you can access by clicking on the flag in the menu bar.

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By hitting the ’ key? I’ve never had any problem with it.

Is this some specific application which is giving you problems, or is it everything on the computer?

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jackdavinci got it. It’s word that was causing me problems. It makes the curly apostrophy.