Format when copying

I have a lot of pages to create and the text is coming from inDesign.
When I cut-n-paste the text to insert into a page, the punctuation is stylized, causing it show up as odd characters when the page is published online.
For example, a quote ( " ) will come over as ( “ ) , and this doesn't display properly.
Is there something in Dreamweaver that will allow me to strip any formatting that stays when I copy from another program like inDesign?

2 options:
1. Dreamweaver Preferences (Cmd + U on Mac or Ctrl + U on Windows):
Configure your Copy/ Paste options here.
2. Before pasting into DW, Edit > Paste Special (will bring up a dialog that you can choose your desired format in).

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