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Word '97. My apostrophes turn into little boxes
Hello: I was unable to post this anywhere else. I tried doing it in Word,
but whenever I clicked on question a small orange maple leaf would flash at the point and nothing further happened. Anyway, here's my problem... I type my emails in Word '97 and then transfer the corrected text to an outlook express page and send it off. At the receiving end, all the apostrophes in my email have been changed into little boxes. This happens with all recipients (including me, if I mail one to myself). I've read about this strange phenomena in many places, including the word forum, but have never seen a coherent explanation or solution. Can anyone help me out? -- Thanks, Don |
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Word '97. My apostrophes turn into little boxes
Most likely is that you have SmartQuotes enabled. This turns the normal
straight quotation marks into wizzy looking curly quotation marks.You can turn this feature off under Tools AutoCorrect, but note that there are several places where it needs to be disables - AUtoFormat and AUtoFormat as You Type. -- Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP "Don" wrote in message ... Hello: I was unable to post this anywhere else. I tried doing it in Word, but whenever I clicked on question a small orange maple leaf would flash at the point and nothing further happened. Anyway, here's my problem... I type my emails in Word '97 and then transfer the corrected text to an outlook express page and send it off. At the receiving end, all the apostrophes in my email have been changed into little boxes. This happens with all recipients (including me, if I mail one to myself). I've read about this strange phenomena in many places, including the word forum, but have never seen a coherent explanation or solution. Can anyone help me out? -- Thanks, Don |
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Word '97. My apostrophes turn into little boxes
Thanks for the input Terry. Actually it only changes apostrophes to little
boxes and does nothing else. Any further suggestions, anyone? -- Thanks, Don "Terry Farrell" wrote: Most likely is that you have SmartQuotes enabled. This turns the normal straight quotation marks into wizzy looking curly quotation marks.You can turn this feature off under Tools AutoCorrect, but note that there are several places where it needs to be disables - AUtoFormat and AUtoFormat as You Type. -- Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP "Don" wrote in message ... Hello: I was unable to post this anywhere else. I tried doing it in Word, but whenever I clicked on question a small orange maple leaf would flash at the point and nothing further happened. Anyway, here's my problem... I type my emails in Word '97 and then transfer the corrected text to an outlook express page and send it off. At the receiving end, all the apostrophes in my email have been changed into little boxes. This happens with all recipients (including me, if I mail one to myself). I've read about this strange phenomena in many places, including the word forum, but have never seen a coherent explanation or solution. Can anyone help me out? -- Thanks, Don |
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Word '97. My apostrophes turn into little boxes
Apostrophes or quotation marks, it's all the same. Try what Terry
suggested. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "Don" wrote in message ... Thanks for the input Terry. Actually it only changes apostrophes to little boxes and does nothing else. Any further suggestions, anyone? -- Thanks, Don "Terry Farrell" wrote: Most likely is that you have SmartQuotes enabled. This turns the normal straight quotation marks into wizzy looking curly quotation marks.You can turn this feature off under Tools AutoCorrect, but note that there are several places where it needs to be disables - AUtoFormat and AUtoFormat as You Type. -- Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP "Don" wrote in message ... Hello: I was unable to post this anywhere else. I tried doing it in Word, but whenever I clicked on question a small orange maple leaf would flash at the point and nothing further happened. Anyway, here's my problem... I type my emails in Word '97 and then transfer the corrected text to an outlook express page and send it off. At the receiving end, all the apostrophes in my email have been changed into little boxes. This happens with all recipients (including me, if I mail one to myself). I've read about this strange phenomena in many places, including the word forum, but have never seen a coherent explanation or solution. Can anyone help me out? -- Thanks, Don |
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Word '97. My apostrophes turn into little boxes
Okay I'll try it and report back.
-- Thanks, Don "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: Apostrophes or quotation marks, it's all the same. Try what Terry suggested. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "Don" wrote in message ... Thanks for the input Terry. Actually it only changes apostrophes to little boxes and does nothing else. Any further suggestions, anyone? -- Thanks, Don "Terry Farrell" wrote: Most likely is that you have SmartQuotes enabled. This turns the normal straight quotation marks into wizzy looking curly quotation marks.You can turn this feature off under Tools AutoCorrect, but note that there are several places where it needs to be disables - AUtoFormat and AUtoFormat as You Type. -- Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP "Don" wrote in message ... Hello: I was unable to post this anywhere else. I tried doing it in Word, but whenever I clicked on question a small orange maple leaf would flash at the point and nothing further happened. Anyway, here's my problem... I type my emails in Word '97 and then transfer the corrected text to an outlook express page and send it off. At the receiving end, all the apostrophes in my email have been changed into little boxes. This happens with all recipients (including me, if I mail one to myself). I've read about this strange phenomena in many places, including the word forum, but have never seen a coherent explanation or solution. Can anyone help me out? -- Thanks, Don |
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Word '97. My apostrophes turn into little boxes
Your solution worked. Excellent help!
-- Thanks, Don "Don" wrote: Okay I'll try it and report back. -- Thanks, Don "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: Apostrophes or quotation marks, it's all the same. Try what Terry suggested. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "Don" wrote in message ... Thanks for the input Terry. Actually it only changes apostrophes to little boxes and does nothing else. Any further suggestions, anyone? -- Thanks, Don "Terry Farrell" wrote: Most likely is that you have SmartQuotes enabled. This turns the normal straight quotation marks into wizzy looking curly quotation marks.You can turn this feature off under Tools AutoCorrect, but note that there are several places where it needs to be disables - AUtoFormat and AUtoFormat as You Type. -- Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP "Don" wrote in message ... Hello: I was unable to post this anywhere else. I tried doing it in Word, but whenever I clicked on question a small orange maple leaf would flash at the point and nothing further happened. Anyway, here's my problem... I type my emails in Word '97 and then transfer the corrected text to an outlook express page and send it off. At the receiving end, all the apostrophes in my email have been changed into little boxes. This happens with all recipients (including me, if I mail one to myself). I've read about this strange phenomena in many places, including the word forum, but have never seen a coherent explanation or solution. Can anyone help me out? -- Thanks, Don |
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