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- user-manual: Text Substitutions: quotes
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The `quotes` substitution replaces the formatting markup on inline elements.

For example, when a document is converted to HTML, any asterisks enclosing text are replaced with `<strong>` HTML tags.

.Syntax input
[source]
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Happy werewolves are *really* slobbery.
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.HTML output
[source,html]
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Happy werewolves are <strong>really</strong> slobbery.
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The following table shows the HTML markup that is generated by the quotes substitution process.

.HTML markup generated from AsciiDoc formatting syntax
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|Name |AsciiDoc |HTML

|emphasis
|pass:[_word_]
|<em>word</em>

|strong
|pass:[*word*]
|<strong>word</strong>

|monospace
|pass:[`word`]
|<code>word</code>

|superscript
|pass:[^word^]
|<sup>word</sup>

|subscript
|pass:[~word~]
|<sub>word</sub>

|double curved quotes
|pass:["`word`"]
|&#8220;word&#8221;

|single curved quotes
|pass:['`word`']
|&#8216;word&#8217;
|===

The quotes substitution occurs on formatted text within title, paragraph, example, quote, sidebar, and verse blocks.

.Elements subject to quotes text substitution
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|Element | `quotes` substitution

|Attribute Entry Value |{n}

|Comment |{n}

|Example |{y}

|Fenced |{n}

|Header |{n}

|Literal |{n}

|Listing |{n}

|Macro |{y}

|Open |Varies

|Paragraph |{y}

|Passthrough |{n}

|Quote |{y}

|Sidebar |{y}

|Source |{n}

|Special sections |{y}

|Table |Varies

|Title |{y}

|Verse |{y}
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