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AZJonnie

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5. I can paste this sentence from Word onto DU, with curly quotes and you'll see them just fine/normal

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 10:15 PM

Mar 4

“Here is a sentence encased in double quotes done on a PC in Word and pasted to DU”

But if I try to preview first, OR I post it and then edit it, the curly quotes will switch to the garbage characters. It's because there's a database round-trip involved in either of those processes.

Try it

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All that garbage appeared when you previewed or edited your post AZJonnie Mar 4 #1

It's only doing it for the single and double quote marks BumRushDaShow Mar 4 #2

Yes, I know exactly what it is and why it's happening. AZJonnie Mar 4 #3

It just started happening today BumRushDaShow Mar 4 #4

It started yesterday actually, but yeah, it's very recent. AZJonnie Mar 4 #7

Appreciate much BumRushDaShow Mar 4 #10

I can paste this sentence from Word onto DU, with curly quotes and you'll see them just fine/normal AZJonnie Mar 4 #5

It's not just the curly quotes but the single quote marks too BumRushDaShow Mar 4 #6

Where did I say curly double quotes? I said curly quotes. Meaning either single or double. AZJonnie Mar 4 #9

Thank you for clarifying BumRushDaShow Mar 4 #11

Every font set supports a presentation of straight 'single' and "double quotes", and curly 'single' and "double quotes" AZJonnie Mar 5 #12

There's a thread in the Community Help forum about this BumRushDaShow Mar 4 #8

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