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JimChumney
Pasting text with quote marks and apostrophes wreaks havoc w/Messages
Mar 14 2009, 8:59 PM EDT | Post edited: Mar 29 2009, 11:01 AM EDT
I like to compose my longer messages off line in Microsoft Word where I have built-in spell check and paste the text into my Wetpaint messages. However, quote marks and apostrophes get converted and sent as the following escape codes:

Apostrophe gets sent as ’

Quote marks get sent as “

For example, isn't gets sent as isn’t

I've numerous different fonts, and the problem persists. Curiously, when I paste into a web page (instead of a message), I don't have the problem.


This has caused confusion among my Wiki members, and so, I'm having to compose every message from scratch even though 80% are the same from one member to the other.

Please help.
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walrusworldstudios
walrusworldstudios
1. RE: Pasting text with commas and apostrophes wreaks havoc w/Messages
Mar 14 2009, 9:04 PM EDT | Post edited: Mar 14 2009, 9:04 PM EDT
Well, what i would do is not use them.
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JimChumney
2. RE: Pasting text with QUOTES and apostrophes wreaks havoc w/Messages
Mar 15 2009, 5:56 AM EDT | Post edited: Mar 15 2009, 5:56 AM EDT
Egads! I realized that I should have said quotation marks and not commas. Commas work fine. Pasting quotation marks results in the escape codes.

Also, I forgot to mention, the text with quotation marks and apostrophes looks fine when I paste it in. It's only after it sent that it gets converted to the escape codes. Do you find this valuable?    

JimChumney
3. RE: Pasting text with commas and apostrophes wreaks havoc w/Messages
Mar 15 2009, 6:50 AM EDT | Post edited: Mar 15 2009, 6:50 AM EDT
I use Windows Explorer 7, and Microsoft Vista.

I will avoid using quotation marks and apostrophes until there's a fix. The insidiousness of the bug is that everything looks good on my end when I compose the message, but the recipients see the escape codes in place of the punctuation. It turns my eloquent dissertations into gobbledygook.

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walrusworldstudios
walrusworldstudios
4. RE: Pasting text with commas and apostrophes wreaks havoc w/Messages
Mar 15 2009, 8:32 AM EDT | Post edited: Mar 15 2009, 8:32 AM EDT
Here. What is your site? i will take a look at the problem. Then, if I cant fix it, i will contact jason and he might fix it for you. Do you find this valuable?    

JimChumney
5. RE: Pasting text with QUOTES and apostrophes wreaks havoc w/Messages
Mar 15 2009, 9:21 AM EDT | Post edited: Mar 15 2009, 9:21 AM EDT
My website is Henry County, Alabama Pioneers -> http://henrycountyalabama.wetpaint.com/

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