What a lot of todo over a little slip of the fingers! Sorry for the extra ', guys! ;-)
On or near 7/13/02 9:27 PM, Rich Hansen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] observed: > George Clark wrote on 7/13/02 8:23 PM > >>> Unless I'm blind (and I may be) the reason for that is that dont' isn't in >>> the auto-correct dictionary only dont. So the computer, in typical computer >>> fashion, fixes what it knows and leaves the last ' standing. >>> >>> Might fix that if you added your problem to the auto-correct pane. >> >> Well, "dont'" *is* in my auto-correct entries, as this: >> >> Change: dont' To: don't >> >> It doesn't do that, though; it becomes "don't'". The same thing happens with >> "doesnt'", and probably some others. >> >> The problem is compounded by the fact that the spell-checker does not flag >> it as an error. >> >> >> George > > Sorry, I should have known. I can see what the problem is though it's > because it can't check for opening and closing '. What would happen, in this > case only, if you replaced the ' with curly variety I wonder. Probably > nothing because if you didn't use "�" and you shouldn't I guess if you don't > want the darn things misread by errant PC mail readers. Not to mention that > you'd have to remember it each time. :-) > > (the font I'm currently using makes very little visual distinction between > regular and curly quotes.) > > Rich -- My web page: <http://home.earthlink.net/~allenwatson/> My scripts page: <http:homepage.mac.com/allenwatson> Microsoft MVP for Mac Entourage/Word--<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
