The preceding example renders as follows: It is usually rendered indented and with a different background color. Blockquotesīlockquotes are created using the > character: > This is a blockquote. For more information, see smart quote replacement. To avoid "smart" characters in your Markdown files, rely on the Docs Authoring Pack's smart quote replacement feature. Left (opening) single quotation mark (rarely used): ‘.Right (closing) single quotation mark or apostrophe: ’.Here are the encodings for the "smart" versions of these punctuation marks: Otherwise, you end up with things like this when the file is published: It’s These need to be encoded or changed to basic apostrophes or quotation marks. If you copy from Word into a Markdown editor, the text might contain "smart" (curly) apostrophes or quotation marks.