Simple key stroke to insert a prime symbol instead of an apostrophe?

Is there a simple key stroke that you can to insert a prime character instead of an apostrophe when your prefrerence is set for "smart quotes" so that you don't have to re-set your preferences???

Welcome to Apple Support Communities.
"Simple"? Not exactly...
This older discussion details the steps to use Unicode entry.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1899290?start=0&tstart=0
Open , System Preferences, Hardware, Keyboard allows you to check the box, 'Show Keyboard and Character Viewer in menu bar'. This step gives you quick access to your chosen Keyboard defaults in the menubar.
Open , System Preferences, Personal, Language & Text, to checkmark the Unicode Hex Input box. This permits you to use Unicode for quick(er) special character entry, provided you know the hex equivalent of the desired character(s), listed in the character tables.
With the Unicode Hex Input enabled, hold down the alt/option key and type 2032 (the Unicode decimal number) for the prime symbol ′.
Within the Characters table, save your favorites by clicking the 'gear' button at the bottom left of the Character table, then you can quickly find them and press the 'insert' button in the lower right.
Note that the prime character appearance changes with the font in use, and probably is not available in every font.

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The same way you would in any other OS X app... there are various keyboard shortcuts for common letters (e.g. Ω is 'alt-z'), but if you are not sure what they are there are two quite simple solutions.
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I am trying to insert the copyright symbol into the home page of my website, I am using Mr Site Pro software, on windows it is 0169 but this does'nt work on the imac, can anyone help?

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Œ„‰ÂÊÁËÈØ∏”’
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Oh, so this is where I ask my question. Sorry, first time here. As I was saying in my long intro, the gray screen come up and the thing is spinning at the bottom, but nothing happens. Then the fan starts reving up like it is about to explode and I have to manually shut it off. A friend told me to start it up with the OS disk and then go to utilities. I couldn't find the thing, so I went out and bought another. Needless to say, it didn't work. Is there a key stroke to help jump start the machine? How can I get into this thing? I would prefer not to take it in because there are a lot of things on there I don't want just anyone to have access to.Thanks, in advance, for your help!

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Uh oh. You should have had an uninstaller in the PSE 8 folder in applications. I'm afraid you may have set yourself up for bigger problems by doing it this way. You may well find that you will eventually need to download and run the CS4 cleanscript to get straightened back out again.
You may be correct, but I've had no other problems after all the different un-install methods. The only pieces that are hard to find are those that Adobe chooses to hide deep in System areas. I suppose since they were one of the first Mac developers, they think they have special capabilities to put stuff any and every where they want. As well as special dispensation to do things anti-Mac ways. I can't claim to be a power-user, but I have never, ever felt the need to purchase/use any special "uninstaller" app. And I can't think of another app I've ever owned that even needed an "uninstaller" for it. That includes Canvas, php, Apache setups, etc. Frankly, and this is simply my opinion and obviously of little importance to absolutely no one else, the way Adobe does things seems to be extremely un-organized, not-well-thought-out and downright non-Mac. The only thing even marginally close to their confusing instal/uninstall process is Stanford's Folding@home set up. It sometimes requires a few Terminal commands...
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Even the response I got from my Support post assured me that...
reset/restore the Preferences, click Yes or OK . Now try to use the "Save for Web" keyboard command by pressing "Alt+Shift+Crtl+S". I am positive that after following the above steps your issue will be resolved .
OK, I get the rest/restore step. but what does the "alt+shift+Crtl+S" have to do with anything? It certainly is not the keyboard short cut for the Mac version of Elements. Perhaps the chap didn't notice the details in my message or the hardware/software information that came with my request for help. I find it strange that somehow the language differences cause the tech's positive belief that his steps would fix the issue that he also presents:
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1. Have you recently made any changes to your computer?
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