Punctuation Normalizer
Straighten quotes, dashes, and spacing so pasted text looks consistent.
Punctuation Normalizer
Standardize and clean up punctuation marks for consistent, professional text formatting
What it cleans up
- Curly vs straight quotes and apostrophes
- Em/en dashes vs hyphens (when you pick a style)
- Odd spaces before punctuation or after opens
- Mixed ellipsis styles (... vs …)
Paste from Word, PDFs, or chat often carries invisible typography quirks. Normalizing once beats hunting them by eye.
Style notes
- Pick one quote style and stick to it for a document
- AP/Chicago disagree on some dashes — match your guide
- Code and Markdown often prefer straight ASCII punctuation
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Frequently Asked Questions
Will this change my words?
No — it targets punctuation and spacing, not vocabulary.
Smart quotes or straight?
Publishing often wants curly; code and plain-text pipelines prefer straight. Choose in the tool options.
Does it follow Chicago or AP?
It standardizes common marks. Full style-guide compliance still needs a human (or your house rules).
Safe for code snippets?
Prefer straight quotes for code. Normalize prose separately from source blocks when you can.
Is text uploaded?
Processing runs in the browser for this tool.
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