French Quotation Marks keyboard shortcut

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In 2008 someone asked how to create French quotation marks on a Mac keyboard, which is what I was searching for this morning. The answer given did not work for me (or the person from 2008), but it got me experimenting and I found the correct combination.

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 11.7

Posted on Mar 7, 2024 12:06 PM

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Posted on Mar 8, 2024 9:44 AM

Another approach is to use either an Automator or Shortcuts Quick Action that allows one to just select the text to receive the French Guillemet and the action automatically replaces that text with the Guillemet enclosing it. This can be shortened to a single keyboard shortcut.


Example (For macOS Monterey or later):




The link to this Shortcut is here.

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Mar 8, 2024 9:44 AM in response to Hijadelrey

Another approach is to use either an Automator or Shortcuts Quick Action that allows one to just select the text to receive the French Guillemet and the action automatically replaces that text with the Guillemet enclosing it. This can be shortened to a single keyboard shortcut.


Example (For macOS Monterey or later):




The link to this Shortcut is here.

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French Quotation Marks keyboard shortcut

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