Word: Mac issue
I often create documents in Word: Mac and then save them as web pages. When I do this, certain symbols appear incorrectly when the saved file is posted to the web. I notice this primarily with apostrophes, and quotation marks. The original Word document appears correctly. The problem occurs when it is published to the web. Any ideas?
Thanks.
As I said, when I edited the html page in Taco, replacing the incorrect characters with the correct ones, it appeared as it should when I posted it. That's an extra step though, and a pain to have to go through the document looking for errors and repair them.
You should be able to fix the problem more simply by either adding/changing one line of code in each doc or adding a file on the server.
Easiest is to disable smart quotes. Here are some instructions I found by googling that, don't know if they apply to your version:
"How To Disable Microsoft Word’s Smart Quotes:
1. On the Tools menu, click AutoCorrect Options, then click the AutoFormat As You Type tab.
2. Under Replace as you type, select or clear the "Straight quotes" with "smart quotes" check box."
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