What are smart quotes?
They are directional opening and closing quotation marks.
Cleanup · Browser processing
Smart Quote, Apostrophe and Dash Converter
Fix typographic punctuation after moving content between editors, email clients and publishing systems.
Smart Quote ConverterRuns on this device
The workspace does not submit its text or selected local file to TXTNimble. Refreshing or closing the page clears the current result.
Common questions
How this tool behaves
Can I convert back to straight quotes?
Yes. Choose the straighten mode.
Will it change hyphens inside words?
The dash option targets spaced dash patterns rather than every hyphen.
Practical examples
When to use it
Draft from a plain-text editor
Add typographic quotes for publishing.
Text copied from Word
Normalize curly punctuation to ASCII for code or data use.
Continue the workflow
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