Problem printing Special Characters in Smartform

Hi,
I am developing a Smartform for Position Description. For that I have to display data from table HRT1002 as the data in this table is stored using Text Editor the data internally is stored in '#' when there is a enter, space or some special Characters. While displaying this data I have used class CL_ABAP_CHAR_UTILITIES -->HORIZONTAL_TAB to make '#' to it original value in my internal table.
After using the Class the data has been converted into the correct format, but while printing few special characters like ", ' , .. etc are been printed as # where as in my internal table they are not in # format. How can I change the # to it original Character while printing.
Regards,
Ramu N.

In Text Element,click Txt editor icon on the left side in General attributes.Then in the menu Include->Characters->Displayable Characters and then select the characters.
To display Special characters in Smartforms ...
goto text editor of the perticular text node.
in the text editor, Click INSERT - Characters - Displayable Characters.
a new window will open showing all characters...if ur required character is not
present, click on non-dispalyble character button , it displays all the characters
and their respective numbers...select ur required character .
Check it, if it is helpfull reward points..
Regards....
ABhay

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