[duxuser] Re: Other Odd Symbols
- From: "Foxworth, Ann" <Ann.Foxworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 08:24:30 -0600
Oh yes indeed. Duxbury 103 or 4 fixed the nasty apostrophe problem, but
it is often back now. If you don't turn off "change quotes to smart
quotes" in Word, you get a three or four cell apostrophe. It also
ignores fraction symbols which are also smart things. I think they got
the name wrong--I think it should be called stupid quotes and fractions
because it has been the downfall of many a good transcription project
when the transcriber didn't check their work closely enough.
ANN FOXWORTH, BRAILLE CONSULTANT
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From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Catherine Thomas
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 7:32 PM
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Other Odd Symbols
I recently transcribed a simple conference agenda from what had been an
MS-Word document. Among the odd symbols which I came across were three
different types of apostrophes, a symbol meant to stand for "trademark"
and something separating times such as 9:00 to 9:30 that I had never
seen
before. All of these symbols translated into unrecognizable braille
things. I can't replicate them here because I don't know what print
characters they actually were. Is it common practice in MS-Word for
ordinary symbols such as apostrophe to be replaced by something else?
Catherine
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