[CALIBK12] a question of formatting -deselecting AutoCorrect quotes

[ladewig]

In Windows  Version XP: Click on "Tools" and pull down, select "AutoCorrect
Options." In the "AutoCorrect in Email" dialog box, select the tab "Auto
Format as you Type" then deselect (uncheck): "Replace as you type "Straight
Quotes" with "Smart Quotes"."

 

Just did this. Hopefully my messages will be more readable for Heather, et
al. I was going to write "intelligible" but that's probably more than even
Bill Gates could help me with <wink>!

 

Heather, if my message still comes in a garbled format, please let me know.

 

Joanne Ladewig  (A.K.A. "Library Lady")

Library Media Tech

Lawrence Elementary, GGUSD

Garden Grove, California

shatz at verizon.net

 

Comments are my own and may not represent the views of GGUSD

 

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From: calibk12-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu
[mailto:calibk12-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu] On Behalf Of RichardGuy at aol.com
Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 10:54 PM
To: merimac25 at yahoo.com; calibk12 at listproc.sjsu.edu
Subject: [CALIBK12] a question of formatting (not red indians)

 


Heather, Marie, et al:

1) When you change the subject it's best to change the subject line to avoid
confusion.

2) Take a look at the changed text.  It's usually obvious that it is an
apostrophe or quotation marks or dashes that are being replaced with
gibberish.  The reason is that the person sending the garbled message has
"smart quotes" enabled in their email preferences.  Sometimes this gets read
just fine by those with similar systems, but when messages pass over from PC
to MAC, or from Yahoo to AOL, they often get "translated" badly.  I'm using
quotes here to see if you get this garbled.  What you sent out and asked ME
about wasn't sent by me.  The above was.  Are the marks intact?

3) At some point in the interchange of email it becomes impossible to know
who is sending and responding.  Taking a few seconds to actually think about
how your message will appear will be helpful to your reader -- as will
noticing whether you are "replying" or "replying to all."  It also helps to
use your computer's spell check capabilities.  I just did and fixed three
errors (yes, even ME!).

Richard K. Moore, InfoSherpa
Huntington Beach, CA


In a message dated 10/20/07 7:35:57 PM, merimac25 at yahoo.com writes:





Thanks! Richard Moore, is this what you do? Because
your messages particularly turnout this way!!
Heather


--- Marie Slim <sraslim at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Sometimes it happens when you write a message in
> Word and then copy it into an email. But I don't
> know why.
>
> Marie Slim
> LMT, Troy High School
>
> Heather McBride <merimac25 at yahoo.com> wrote: Can
> anyone tell me why some people's request have this
> odd effect? It is so bad that I can't read what the
> person is writing. This happens a lot on calib.
> for example:
>
>
> "I decided to google the words ・・Indians・〓 and
> ・・red・〓".
>
> thanks for the help,
> Heather
>
>
>
> Heather McBride
> Library Media Teacher
> La Cumbre Junior High School
> Santa Barbara School District
>
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Heather McBride
Library Media Teacher
La Cumbre Junior High School
Santa Barbara School District

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