On 8/5/01 2:50 PM, "Dan Frakes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've come across (what I consider to be) a bug in Entourage's auto-correct
> spell checking.
>
> If I type a word that needs an apostrophe (like "that's" or "I'm") but
> forget to insert the apostrophe, Entourage thankfully adds it for me -- I
> like that. However, even though I have Entourage set up to use plain text
> for all messages, it enters a "curly-quote" apostrophe rather than a plain
> text apostrophe. Many email systems still don't handle high-ASCII characters
> like curly-quotes properly, which is one reason I use plain text for
> everything (plus I'm an email purist, but that's another story ;)). It seems
> to me that if you have selected "plain text" for outgoing messages,
> Entourage should always use plain text quotes and apostrophes.
>
Whatever it may look like in the font you use for plain-text, those are
straight quotes, not curly quotes. To verify, type "thats" and let the
auto-correct insert an apostrophe: that's. Then separate it out: that ' s.
Then type a regular apostrophe next to it on one side and option-shift-]
(which makes a curly one: � ) on the other side: that ''� s . If you look
closely (or set your plain text size huge, or mail it to a mailing list that
may mangle it, hence my cc to you here), you'll see the difference.
BTW, I myself don't get the auto-correct for "Im". I may have permitted it
at some point. You add or make exceptions in the AutoCorrect menu item
settings in Word, which Entourage uses. I'll go add "I'm" now.
--
Paul Berkowitz
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