Tech Help

[A®heim]

[Lemur, The Kool-Aid Guy]

Well, I guess here is where I'd report a problem I seem to have.

When I copy/paste from a word document to here, the result isn't fun. Apostrophes and quotation marks get replaced by wacky symbols. I couldn't even see them until I pulled up the page on Safari instead of Firefox.

I have no idea what's up with it.

[Mara]

I believe this thread's purpose is more regarding the Custom Technology section...



But as for your issue, I've had similar issues myself from time to time, not always getting the formatting symbols, but sometimes my apostrophes would mess up.
I did a little Googling, and maybe some of these will help, depending on which version of Word you have, I think:
www.computing.net/answers/office/ms-word-permanent-weird-symbols/7110.html

[The Conman]

Use Openoffice.org . It's free, superior in every possible way to Microsoft Word and won't cause these issues.

[A®heim]

The forum uses a different coding layout than MS Word (Microsoft can be rather pig-headed as far as software compatability with the market at large goes, though I guess that's to be expected when they pretty much are the software market at large) and thus many symbols, punctuation, and text formatting get lost in translation. The easiest solutions are to use a different program such as Open Office (or wordpad if you don't mind doing your own spellchecking--usually more accurate than automated anyway) or to omit such formatting until such a time it has been pasted into the reply box. Font type may have an impact as well.

But yes, this is for imaginary custom tech on the site.

[Lemur, The Kool-Aid Guy]

Duly noted for the future. But on the bright side, I *did* get the answers.

[Kella]

Yeah, the formatting issue can get a bit annoying. X) I used to be on another forum that was even worse about it. I tend to work around it by typing in notepad, which has the advantage of being nice and clean, and with BBCode, you have to use tags for formatting anyway. X) Then, I spell check when I paste it in Firefox. Or, I just write the whole thing in Firefox. xD It auto-saves and spell checks.

Anywho, was on my way through and thought I'd give my two cents. X)

[Lemur, The Kool-Aid Guy]

I appreciate everyone's advice. I have a Mac, so now idea how TextEdit will work compared to wordpad.

I'm also going to try saving my Word documents in a different file type, like rtf and see if it has any impact. I have a bad habit of planning out posts waaaay in advance to keep me busy while I wait, but going through sixteen pages of saved up posts and replacing every bit of punctuation? XD

In the future though I'll probably just have to write them all in here.

[A®heim]

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♫ Particle shields, particle shields
They protect you in an asteroid field
Or maybe just a floating glove
Particle shields
Built to stop anything with mass
Not very common on the fighter class
What could be better than particle shields?
Maybe some more particle shields.

Deflector shields, deflector shields
Deflector shields encompass particle shields
One is the other, don't add them both
Deflector shields

*Accordion Solo*

Personal shields, personal shields
Cover up your entire person -al shields
Compared to others they have a lower yield
Personal shields
You can put em on a battle droid
A mechazoid
Or Sigmund Freud
But watch the mods or you'll be destroyed
Restricted shields, personal shields

Ray shields, ray shields
Takin' hits from any lasers you wield
Do not touch or you'll need to be healed
Ray shields
They can stop fire from a space station
They can stop lethal radiation
Never leave port without ray shields
Improtant shields, ray shields

Deflector shields, deflector shields
Deflector shields encompass ray shields
One is the other, don't add them both
Deflector shields ♫

*Accordion Solo*


That's right. I rewrote particle man in the shower in reference to Star Wars shield technology. I have truly reached my low point in life.

[A®heim]

[A®heim]

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