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AZJonnie

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5. I can paste this sentence from Word onto DU, with curly quotes and you'll see them just fine/normal
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 09:15 PM
22 hrs ago

“Here is a sentence encased in double quotes done on a PC in Word and pasted to DU”

But if I try to preview first, OR I post it and then edit it, the curly quotes will switch to the garbage characters. It's because there's a database round-trip involved in either of those processes.

Try it

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All that garbage appeared when you previewed or edited your post AZJonnie 22 hrs ago #1
It's only doing it for the single and double quote marks BumRushDaShow 22 hrs ago #2
Yes, I know exactly what it is and why it's happening. AZJonnie 22 hrs ago #3
It just started happening today BumRushDaShow 22 hrs ago #4
It started yesterday actually, but yeah, it's very recent. AZJonnie 22 hrs ago #7
Appreciate much BumRushDaShow 21 hrs ago #10
I can paste this sentence from Word onto DU, with curly quotes and you'll see them just fine/normal AZJonnie 22 hrs ago #5
It's not just the curly quotes but the single quote marks too BumRushDaShow 22 hrs ago #6
Where did I say curly double quotes? I said curly quotes. Meaning either single or double. AZJonnie 21 hrs ago #9
Thank you for clarifying BumRushDaShow 21 hrs ago #11
Every font set supports a presentation of straight 'single' and "double quotes", and curly 'single' and "double quotes" AZJonnie 20 hrs ago #12
There's a thread in the Community Help forum about this BumRushDaShow 22 hrs ago #8
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