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

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