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I use autohotkey, with my own custom script which allows my keyboard to replace " with “” and replace tab with an empty Unicode character.
Since the forum ignores multiple spaces, and doesn't accept tab normally. There are some other features such as pressing . . . quickly makes … which is the character for ellipsis, and some bbcode hotkeys for convenience.

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If you want to use the script yourself.

Code:
;What you need to know: 0.4

;" becomes “ and ”

;alt+' becomes ‘ and ’

;Tab becomes '    ' Which are blank unicode characters

;Ctrl+b,i,u,t,h for bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, and url.

;pressing . three times quickly makes … instead of ...

;pressing - two times quickly makes — instead of --

#NoEnv  ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.

; #Warn  ; Enable warnings to assist with detecting common errors.

SendMode Input  ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.

SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir%  ; Ensures a consistent starting directory.

global checked := 0

global curlyswap := 0

global singleswap := 0

global elipsis := 0

global emdash := 0

Gui, New, +ToolWindow +AlwaysOnTop,

Gui +LastFound

Gui, Add, Checkbox, vfix gWriterFix, Enable WriterFix

Gui, Show, ,

return

GuiClose:

ExitApp

Return

WriterFix:

GuiControlGet, fix

checked := fix

return

isChecked(x){

if(checked){

return

}

Send %x%

Exit

}

;Fancy Quote Maker

$+'::

isChecked("""") ;Autohotkey finds " scary. "" for escape and wrapped as a string.

if (curlyswap == 0){

Send “

curlyswap := 1

return

}else{

Send ”

curlyswap := 0

return

}

;Fancy Single Quote Maker

$!'::

isChecked("'")

if (singleswap == 0){

Send ‘

singleswap := 1

return

}else{

Send ’

singleswap := 0

return

}

;Elipsis Maker

$.::

isChecked(.)

if (elipsis == 0){

SetTimer, resetElipsis, 800

}

if (elipsis < 2){

elipsis++

send .

return

}else{

Send {BackSpace}

Send {BackSpace}

Send {…}

elipsis := 0

return

}

;EmDash Maker

$-::

isChecked("-")

if (emdash == 0){

SetTimer, resetEmdash, 400

}

if (emdash < 1){

emdash++

send -

return

}else{

Send {BackSpace}

Send {—}

emdash := 0

return

}

resetEmdash:

emdash := 0

return

resetElipsis:

elipsis := 0

return

$Tab::

isChecked("`t")

send      ;Unicode Blank Spaces for tab replacement.

return

bbcode(tagA,tagB){

isChecked("")

oldClip := clipboard

clipboard := ""

Send, ^c

ClipWait,0

Send, [%tagA%]%clipboard%[/%tagB%]

clipboard := oldClip

return

}

;Bold hotkey ctrl+b

$^b::

bbcode("b","b")

return

;Url Hotkey ctrl+h

$^h::

bbcode("url=","url")

return

;Italic Hotkey ctrl+i

$^i::

bbcode("i","i")

return

;Underline Hotkey ctrl+u

$^u::

bbcode("u","u")

return

;Strikethrough Hotkey ctr+t

$^t::

bbcode("s","s")

return