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why would a simple copy/paste from a .doc into a quark page, not work 1
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It's to do with character encodings and MS own special way of making anything simple different and more complex than anyone else does.
I often see it with Word documents.
Best bet is to save the Word document as a text file with symbol conversions option checked. Then use that text file in the Quark document.
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I often see it with Word documents.
Best bet is to save the Word document as a text file with symbol conversions option checked. Then use that text file in the Quark document.
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Tyres: Mine's a pint of the black stuff.
Mike: You can't drink a pint of Bovril.
bazcurtis2
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I get my users to open the Word job in TextEdit and then copy and paste it across.
It is quicker. They don't need any of the Word styling so when that is lost it doesn't matter.
Best wishes
Michael
It is quicker. They don't need any of the Word styling so when that is lost it doesn't matter.
Best wishes
Michael
The problem with that is that you stand a good chance of getting junk characters in there.
Far safer to save from Word as a text file. There is an option that converts characters to their 'safe' equivalents.
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Tyres: Mine's a pint of the black stuff.
Mike: You can't drink a pint of Bovril.
Far safer to save from Word as a text file. There is an option that converts characters to their 'safe' equivalents.
<honk>*:O)</honk>
Tyres: Mine's a pint of the black stuff.
Mike: You can't drink a pint of Bovril.
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