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Xiren 個人資料 \| email	posted 10-06-98 11:29 AM ET (US) Can anyone advise why an apostrophe (') sometimes causes itself and the letter following it to become blank in English messages? This seems to be related to either the browser of the sender or the Chinese system of the reader. I looked at the source of the troubled text, and the missing letters were not there, so I'm suspecting that the problem is on the sender's side. Another proof is that the results vary from one's post to another.
CC 個人資料 \| email	posted 10-06-98 2:06 PM ET (US) Maybe you guys are using the better looking apostrophe (ascii value 146, or 0x92) instead of the plain one ('). Most, if not all, Chinese system would take the former as the first byte of a double-byte character.
Xiren 個人資料 \| email	posted 10-06-98 3:33 PM ET (US) Thanks CC! Now I know what happened. If the text is edited with MS-WORD, the auto-format function will turn ' into �. This causes the Chinese system to be confused. But are you sure it's the Chinese system instead of the browser? I have problems with CWIN95+NS , but not NJStar+IE. Maybe I should try different combinations to find out. It's then an advice that -- Do not use WORD to edit English Messages.
CC 個人資料 \| email	posted 10-06-98 3:50 PM ET (US) > Do not use WORD to edit English Messages. I suppose turning off the auto-format function is enough. Anyhow, if WORD is not for English wp, then what is it for? I believe that that's an inherited problem of the Chinese encoding scheme (or any other DBCS). It is just so hard to distinguish between a double-byte Chinese character and a pair of high-byte regular letters (like the good-looking apostrophe). NJStar works fine with the browser, however, if you type some Chinese characters after the good-looking apostrophe in a text editor, you may see another problem.
Xiren 個人資料 \| email	posted 10-06-98 6:09 PM ET (US) > I suppose turning off the auto-format function is enough. > Anyhow, if WORD is not for English wp, then what is it for? Yep, the only thing needed to be done is to go to Tools->Options->AutoFormat, and uncheck the "Replace Straight Quotes with 'Smart Quotes'" option.
Xiren 個人資料 \| email	posted 10-06-98 6:24 PM ET (US) Oh, that was for Word 95. For Word 97, the same option is under Format->AutoFormat, then click the "Options..." button.
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Xiren 個人資料 \| email	posted 10-06-98 11:29 AM ET (US) Can anyone advise why an apostrophe (') sometimes causes itself and the letter following it to become blank in English messages? This seems to be related to either the browser of the sender or the Chinese system of the reader. I looked at the source of the troubled text, and the missing letters were not there, so I'm suspecting that the problem is on the sender's side. Another proof is that the results vary from one's post to another.
CC 個人資料 \| email	posted 10-06-98 2:06 PM ET (US) Maybe you guys are using the better looking apostrophe (ascii value 146, or 0x92) instead of the plain one ('). Most, if not all, Chinese system would take the former as the first byte of a double-byte character.
Xiren 個人資料 \| email	posted 10-06-98 3:33 PM ET (US) Thanks CC! Now I know what happened. If the text is edited with MS-WORD, the auto-format function will turn ' into �. This causes the Chinese system to be confused. But are you sure it's the Chinese system instead of the browser? I have problems with CWIN95+NS , but not NJStar+IE. Maybe I should try different combinations to find out. It's then an advice that -- Do not use WORD to edit English Messages.
CC 個人資料 \| email	posted 10-06-98 3:50 PM ET (US) > Do not use WORD to edit English Messages. I suppose turning off the auto-format function is enough. Anyhow, if WORD is not for English wp, then what is it for? I believe that that's an inherited problem of the Chinese encoding scheme (or any other DBCS). It is just so hard to distinguish between a double-byte Chinese character and a pair of high-byte regular letters (like the good-looking apostrophe). NJStar works fine with the browser, however, if you type some Chinese characters after the good-looking apostrophe in a text editor, you may see another problem.
Xiren 個人資料 \| email	posted 10-06-98 6:09 PM ET (US) > I suppose turning off the auto-format function is enough. > Anyhow, if WORD is not for English wp, then what is it for? Yep, the only thing needed to be done is to go to Tools->Options->AutoFormat, and uncheck the "Replace Straight Quotes with 'Smart Quotes'" option.
Xiren 個人資料 \| email	posted 10-06-98 6:24 PM ET (US) Oh, that was for Word 95. For Word 97, the same option is under Format->AutoFormat, then click the "Options..." button.
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