Dale,
I don't know if there is a "Smart quotes" option in Word Perfect, but if
there is, it should be turned off. As I said, DBT isn't the problem
here. The problem is that people are using the wrong character for an
apostrophe. Incidentally, I believe the "Smart Quotes" checkbox is part of
the Format menu in Word.
Steve
On Monday 4/28/03 21:59 Dale Leavens wrote:
So if I turn smart quotes off (assuming I can find it) then that ~ problem will go away when I import MS-Word and more particularly WordPerfect files into DBT? WordPerfect is still the processor of preference around here. If not then what? is this a characteristic of DBT that users prefer? If so, Why? if not then can it be got rid of?
If DBT can consistently turn the ', however misused into a ~ then surely it could equally well turn it into an '.
Do people really have the opposite problem?
Thanks.
Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario dleavens@xxxxxxx Home of the Polar Bear Express!
----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Dresser" <s.dresser@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 8:51 AM Subject: [duxuser] Re: Dilemma, How to Train Sighted Staff to Do Braille using DBT
On Sunday 4/27/03 17:07 Dale Leavens wrote: >why must DBT regard the apostrophe as a tilde character? It doesn't. However, many people use the apostrophe for a single or double quote, which they should not. Also, many people have smart quotes turned on in Word, which causes a single quote to be used in place of the apostrophe.
Steve
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