Quotation Marks

Ever notice how typeset material always has nice quotation marks, for example, ``this'' instead of "this"? L<sup>A</sup>TEX can generate these fancy quotes with just a little effort on your part. The `` character, used to start a quotation, is made by typing ``. Note that these are reverse quote, or ``back-tick'' characters, usually found on the upper-left hand side of PC-style keyboards (however, the Sun Type 5 keyboard puts it in the upper right). The '' character is made by typing ''. In Emacs, the default mode for L^ATEX files (called tex-mode) will generate the proper characters when you press the " key. L^ATEX mode is automatically loaded when you load a file ending in .tex that has a \documentclass command near the top.