[duxuser] Re: An apostrophe s in Microsoft Word
- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 19:49:51 +0100
Lloyd,
Unicode 8217 appears to be a Chinese code, and if those are
appearing, then you have a very strange problem.
George.
-----Original Message-----
From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lloyd
Rasmussen
Sent: 28 March 2006 18:18
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Re: An apostrophe s in Microsoft Word
The code ’ is a Unicode symbol expressed as a numeric
character entity. Probably people have their smart quotes
turned on while typing these documents, so that typing an
apostrophe results in a single quote. Then things are
getting lost in translation from one code page to another.
At 12:42 PM 3/28/2006, you wrote:
>Dan, Catherine,
>
>Could you both please tell us the following.
>
>1) What version of Word is being used?
>2) What version of DBT do you have?
>3) Operating system?
>4) At least one example of a word which you find
mis-translates.
>
>I'm also shade confused by ASCII 8217 - doesn't ASCII only
go up to
>255?
>
>George.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
>gpatterson002@xxxxxxxxx
>Sent: 28 March 2006 10:10
>To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [duxuser] An apostrophe s in Microsoft Word
>
>
>
>Occasionally I encounter text in Microsoft Word that uses
the
>apostrophe s at the end of a word. When Duxbury translates
the
>apostrophe s into braille, four braille cells are used.
They are: dots
>3-5-6, dot 6, dots 5-6 and dots 2-3-4.
>In the print document, JAWS pronounces the two printed
characters as
>apostrophe s. The Alva braille display shows the usual
apostrophe and
>the letter s. JAWS reports the ascii value of the
apostrophe as 8217.
>If I erase the purported apostrophe, and then enter the
apostrophe to
>the right of the semicolon, the braille translation is
perfect.
>What is done in Microsoft Word to produce this unusual
symbol?
>
>I am a casual Microsoft Word user, so I would like to know
the cause of
>this irregularity.
>
>
>--
>Gary Patterson
... Creating implements of mass instruction.
Lloyd Rasmussen, Senior Staff Engineer
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically
Handicapped
Library of Congress (202) 707-0535
<http://www.loc.gov/nls>
HOME: <http://lras.home.sprynet.com>
The opinions expressed here are my own and do not
necessarily represent those of NLS.
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