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Keyboard shortcuts for special punctuation
Keyboard shortcuts for special punctuation

20 shortcuts for special punctuation in First Draft Pro

Updated over 2 weeks ago

Special punctuation

-- to an emdash — 
... to an ellipsis character …
<- to an arrow ←
-> to an arrow →

Quotation marks

“Smart” double quotes 
‘Smart’ single quotes
<< to left-pointing double angle quotation mark «
> \> to right-pointing double angle quotation mark »

Math symbols

+/- to plus/minus sign ± 
!= to a not equal sign ≠
2*3 or 2x3 to a multiplication sign 2×3

Fractions

1/2 to one half ½ 
1/4 to one quarter ¼
3/4 to three quarters ¾

Symbols

(c) to a copyright sign © 
(r) to registered trademark sign ®
(tm) to registered trademark sign ™
(sm) to registered trademark sign ℠

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