Posted on 11/09/2015 9:06:28 AM PST by jimjohn
Dear FR Admin:
It's been a few weeks now, but I'm sure those pesky characters are becoming annoying. I did see one thread where I moderator say it was being worked on, but I have yet to see a fix. Perhaps fellow freepers can help "crowd fix" / offer possible solutions.
Spit it out.
Then LISTEN.
THANK YOU SIR!!!
Second the motion.
Quotes, "
The above is from a simple text editor, the below is html copies from a word pro,
Quotes, “
I am seeing them on other web pages and in my email sometimes. Just an FYI.
Second the motion.
Quotes, “
The above is from a simple text editor, the below is html copies from a word pro,
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Second the motion.
Quotes, “
The above is from a simple text editor, the below is html copies from a word pro,
†‘ can’t won’t don’t isn’t
Test
nope didn’t work=- pasted into notepad, tried adding a new word, “test” but it still portrayed the weird characters-
I’ve seen people suggesting pasting into notepad, but it doesn’t seem to be working-
Second the motion.
Quotes, “
The above is from a simple text editor, the below is html copies from a word pro,
†‘ can’t won’t don’t isn’t
Another Test
Yeah, but isn't it worth it ?
: )
Hey, thanks, that link you posted (below) worked like a charm! I just took a long article with lots of quote marks, etc., and ran it through that tool, and it came out ready to copy and paste, and it showed up here on FR without all those funny characters. Saved a lot of time versus going through and looking for dozens of places to replace.
http://dan.hersam.com/tools/smart-quotes.html
Use the “preview” function. Where the funny characters show up, go back and re-type them by hand. That fixes it.
Any chance of eliminating them there?
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