strange Keyboard behavier.

By Edward Alonzo, 12 November, 2014

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Hello: I am having a very strange problem when using my bluetooth keyboard using the latest version of Yosemite when I type an ' it types a single right quoteation. I've looked everywhere in the keyboard prefs, and I've had no luch.
it happens everywhere.
even when I turn on the keyboard echo, and just press the key in an edit field, it says right single quotation mark.
Any Ideas?
Its very anoying because when I type something like I don't have an money it miss types it. but of course its typing correctly in this forem but not in emails. I have it a lot in the mail program, or text edit.

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By Kevan on Thursday, November 27, 2014 - 16:30

An apostrophe is the same as a single right quotation mark, I'm pretty sure. No need to worry about it

By Zack on Thursday, November 27, 2014 - 16:30

Hi There,
This is actually not a bug. What is going on is that these punctuation marks are being changed into somewhat fancier quotation marks, which you might see in a book for instance. This is a process known as "smart quotes." It's expected behavior, and most of the time you can ignore it. An ' is also known as a single quotation mark, and a " is a double quotation mark. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quotation_mark#Smart_quotes for more information if you want it.

Basically, this is expected, and not a bug. It might sound strange if you're not familiar with the way quotes work in print, but it's perfectly fine.

By Edward Alonzo on Thursday, November 27, 2014 - 16:30

Hello fellow posters. it does seem strange, as its always said the word ' when I use that key but a lot of times it seems to miss type the word. I don't even know when it started and I even have the use smart quotes and dashes turned off in keyboard prefs.