I just paste into BBEdit and click Text: Convert to ASCII. Gets rid of all the nasty curly quotes and the like.
Wayne On 06/09/2013, at 11:23 PM, "John Muldoon" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > We have been struggling for a couple of months and I am wondering if there is > a fix for this. I tried posting several months ago and got no response, but > this is starting to choke our work flow. > > When we receive documents that are for a MAC, typically word and excel docs, > we are getting character errors. Especially on ‘, -, _, … and misc. others. > When we paste the text from docs generated on a MAC, depending on the browser > we use to view the page through TeraScribe, the characters either do not show > or we get a box or ?. It is getting problematic to always have to test the > pages or replace all the characters that are not working. Is there a fix for > this? We have no problems with any docs generated from Windows, or so it > seems. We can get up to 10 to 20 updates per day it this is really dragging > us down. > > Following is some text that was sent to us. Try it for yourself. The > apostrophes are not working after pasting this text into the editor and > viewing through a browser… > > ’Blah Inc. was founded in 1979 by Bob. With Bob’s 16 years of foodservice > experience as National Sales Manager for the Pillsbury Company it gave him a > vision in which, the value a broker could be to manufacturers in a given > market. His business philosophy has always been built on strong relationships > with Manufacturers, Distributors, Operators, and Customers. > Blah is a family owned and operated business now ran by brother’s Dave > Rasmussen, Randy Rasmussen and Greg Rasmussen in which, they execute the same > ethical standards and professionalism Bob developed his successful business > on. > The company’s initial sales focus was on full line foodservice; however, with > the food industry rapidly changing, Blah, Inc. quickly realized the > importance and value they could bring their business partners by including a > vending and convenience store class of trade. In 1987 Blah hired additional > sales professional and established their vending and convenience store > divisions. > Given its diverse customer base and its experience in the market place, Blah > has the ability to service the needs of all customers, both large and small. > Expand your reach, reduce your risk and grow. We look forward to working > with you in the future. company’s company’s company’s Bob’s Bob’s Bob’s ’ > > Thanks for your time… > > John Muldoon > Corporate Incentives > 3416 Nicollet Ave S > Minneapolis, MN 55408-4552 > 612.822.2222 > [email protected] > <image001.gif> > http://cipromo.com > > > To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to > [email protected] with "unsubscribe terascript-talk" in the body. Wayne Irvine w: http://www.byteserve.com.au/ p: +61 2 9960 6099 m: 0409 960 609 ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [email protected] with "unsubscribe terascript-talk" in the body.
