The two types of quote mark

Did you know there are two types of quote mark on computers?

I didn't until a few months ago when I arrived at the Telegraph and was sent on a search and destroy mission for the wrong sort.

It's so irritating I wanted to share.

It seems there are both curley and straight quote marks in the world, even within each font.
We have the curled: “ ”
And the straight: " "

When you type you'll probably only use the straight ones. But if you copy and paste something from a document, you could find yourself copying the curley ones. Even if they look exactly the same in whatever you're typing - they won't when you publish.

Mixing them up is just madness.

So don't you let anyone try to tell you you don't need specalist elite training to be a Web Journalist.