On the LMS Moodle, pasting from any word doc without first pasting through a text editor introduces all kinds of artifacts that actually corrupt the program. Their HTML editor has a button that tries unsuccessfully to clean this up. We did like Wayne said. No direct pastes except through a text editor first. Other software has the same problem.
Bummer. Mark On Friday, September 6, 2013, Robert Shubert wrote: > John,**** > > ** ** > > I am willing to work with you on this issue, but we will need to carefully > step through each phase of the process, how the data is received, handled, > stored, and returned to the browser. If you are saying that older versions > acted differently, then we can look at why that is. Do you have a > side-by-side of old vs. new?**** > > ** ** > > Robert**** > > ** ** > > *From:* John Muldoon [mailto:[email protected] <javascript:_e({}, > 'cvml', '[email protected]');>] > *Sent:* Friday, September 06, 2013 10:13 AM > *To:* [email protected] <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > '[email protected]');> > *Cc:* [email protected] <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > '[email protected]');> > *Subject:* RE: TeraScript-Talk: Character Bloopers**** > > ** ** > > This doesn’t work at first try or I am confused. Running text through an > application first to convert then using that or trying to covert on the fly > for every page is going to cause more time then actually just replacing the > characters via notepad, word doc or whatever before pasting. The text does > not work through any browser on any platform when viewing. Also, with the > amount of data we get on a daily basis and the rewriting of thousands of > taf files, this can become very problematic to us. The reason this has been > so glaring recently is because we rebuilt a site from the ground up that > had hundreds of docs sent to us. Your solution would take longer to > implement then what we have in place.**** > > ** ** > > Tango didn’t and still does not have any problem with this. It is only a > problem in Tera…**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *John Muldoon***** > > Corporate Incentives**** > > 3416 Nicollet Ave S**** > > Minneapolis, MN 55408-4552**** > > 612.822.2222**** > > [email protected] <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', '[email protected]');>*** > * > > [image: cid:875001213@05112012-110E]**** > > http://cipromo.com**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Robert Shubert [mailto:[email protected] <javascript:_e({}, > 'cvml', '[email protected]');>] > *Sent:* Friday, September 06, 2013 8:48 AM > *To:* [email protected] <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > '[email protected]');> > *Subject:* RE: TeraScript-Talk: Character Bloopers**** > > ** ** > > John,**** > > ** ** > > This is happening because the character set of the text is not 8859-1, but > TeraScript is assuming that it is.**** > > ** ** > > The trick is that you may not be able to know the character set. This is > where you’ll need to do some experimentation. On Mac’s there was a > character set known as Mac Roman, which I believe has now been replaced by > UTF-8.**** > > ** ** > > Something that I would try first is this: Either pass all your input, or > just those inputs from Macs (using the @HTTPATTRIBUTE user_agent), through > the @CIPHER tag.**** > > ** ** > > What you want to do is @CIPHER action=decode type=utf-8**** > > ** ** > > What this will do is convert the (presumably) UTF-8 input from the Mac to > 8859-1 text that TS will then process properly.**** > > ** ** > > Robert**** > > ** ** > > *From:* John Muldoon [mailto:[email protected] <javascript:_e({}, > 'cvml', '[email protected]');>] > *Sent:* Friday, September 06, 2013 9:24 AM > *To:* [email protected] <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > '[email protected]');> > *Cc:* [email protected] <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > '[email protected]');> > *Subject:* TeraScript-Talk: Character Bloopers**** > > ** ** > > 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] <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', '[email protected]');>*** > * > > [image: cid:875001213@05112012-110E]**** > > http://cipromo.com**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to > [email protected] <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > '[email protected]');> with "unsubscribe terascript-talk" in the > body. **** > > ** ** > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to > [email protected] <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > '[email protected]');> with "unsubscribe terascript-talk" in the > body. **** > > ** ** > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to > [email protected] <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > '[email protected]');> with "unsubscribe terascript-talk" in the > body. **** > > ------------------------------ > To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to > [email protected] <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > '[email protected]');> with "unsubscribe terascript-talk" in the > body. ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [email protected] with "unsubscribe terascript-talk" in the body.
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