Dov, I don't know of anything to strip out the styling, but DataMgr converts the extended characters automatically.
The relevant code: <cfscript> // Replace the special characters that Microsoft uses. MyStruct[Key] = Replace(MyStruct[Key], Chr(8217), Chr(39), "ALL");// apostrophe MyStruct[Key] = Replace(MyStruct[Key], Chr(8216), Chr(39), "ALL");// apostrophe MyStruct[Key] = Replace(MyStruct[Key], Chr(8220), Chr(34), "ALL");// quotes MyStruct[Key] = Replace(MyStruct[Key], Chr(8221), Chr(34), "ALL");// quotes MyStruct[Key] = Replace(MyStruct[Key], Chr(8211), "-", "ALL");// dashes MyStruct[Key] = Replace(MyStruct[Key], Chr(8212), "-", "ALL");// dashes </cfscript> HTH, Steve Bryant Bryant Web Consulting LLC http://www.BryantWebConsulting.com/ http://steve.coldfusionjournal.com/ > Does anyone have a CF (needs to be server-side) component, or cfm > script/page to convert the HTML you get from a MS Word export into > safe HTML for sending a HTML email? > > In particular, I'm looking to have the extended characters escaped > into &xxxx; references, such as the forward/backward quotes, the > enongated hyphens, and the apostrophe's that MS Word uses, and the > style stripped out, etc. > > I know there's something like this in fckEditor, but I'm looking for > it to be server-side. > > Thanks! Dov ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 The most significant release in over 10 years. Upgrade & see new features. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:270754 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
