Comments on: Microsoft Word making weird characters in your blog or email? http://dianev.com/blog/2007/12/08/microsoft-word-making-weird-characters-in-your-blog-or-email/ The DianeV web design and marketing blog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:27:06 +0000 hourly 1 By: Diane Vigil http://dianev.com/blog/2007/12/08/microsoft-word-making-weird-characters-in-your-blog-or-email/#comment-232 Diane Vigil Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:27:06 +0000 http://dianev.com/blog/2007/12/08/microsoft-word-making-weird-characters-in-your-blog-or-email/#comment-232 Your problem is different than the one I've described here. You're saying that all of your files are in weird characters. I'd suggest that your technician messed something up ... but I'm not sure I'd suggest going to the same technician, since this is a pretty bad result of his work. I'd check Google further, and if that doesn't work, go to a different technician. (I'm not a computer technician, unfortunately.) Your problem is different than the one I've described here.

You're saying that all of your files are in weird characters. I'd suggest that your technician messed something up … but I'm not sure I'd suggest going to the same technician, since this is a pretty bad result of his work.

I'd check Google further, and if that doesn't work, go to a different technician. (I'm not a computer technician, unfortunately.)

]]> By: Alejandrina Targa http://dianev.com/blog/2007/12/08/microsoft-word-making-weird-characters-in-your-blog-or-email/#comment-231 Alejandrina Targa Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:57:36 +0000 http://dianev.com/blog/2007/12/08/microsoft-word-making-weird-characters-in-your-blog-or-email/#comment-231 After one of the technitian serviced my computer all of my files are in weird characters. When I try to open a file word ask me to select the code for the convertion of the file and then display garbage. My technitian say or the pictures or the files and well I said both. So I settled for my pictures but I need my files. Can you help me ... Sincerely Alejandrina Targa After one of the technitian serviced my computer all of my files are in weird characters. When I try to open a file word ask me to select the code for the convertion of the file and then display garbage.

My technitian say or the pictures or the files and well I said both. So I settled for my pictures but I need my files.

Can you help me …

Sincerely

Alejandrina Targa

]]> By: Diane Vigil http://dianev.com/blog/2007/12/08/microsoft-word-making-weird-characters-in-your-blog-or-email/#comment-21 Diane Vigil Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:09:49 +0000 http://dianev.com/blog/2007/12/08/microsoft-word-making-weird-characters-in-your-blog-or-email/#comment-21 Hi Maria. It's very possible that the strange characters you're seeing are due to the use of foreign language characters on your blog. I didn't understand whether you're writing your original text in Word (or some other word processor), which means Word's foreign language characters may not translate properly to <a href="http://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_entities.asp" target="_blank">HTML entities</a> in the blog software. However, typing in HTML entities has got to be a pretty grueling experience. I'm not sure what blog software you're using (WordPress?), but there are some discussions at the WordPress forums: <p><a href="http://wordpress.org/support/topic/arabic-not-displaying-after-upgrade" target="_blank">Arabic Not Displaying After Upgrade</a><br /> <a href="http://wordpress.org/tags/foreignlanguage" target="_blank">a list of foreign language discussions</a></p> The Arabic discussion in particular may help you. Let me know how it goes! Hi Maria. It's very possible that the strange characters you're seeing are due to the use of foreign language characters on your blog.

I didn't understand whether you're writing your original text in Word (or some other word processor), which means Word's foreign language characters may not translate properly to HTML entities in the blog software. However, typing in HTML entities has got to be a pretty grueling experience.

I'm not sure what blog software you're using (WordPress?), but there are some discussions at the WordPress forums:

Arabic Not Displaying After Upgrade
a list of foreign language discussions

The Arabic discussion in particular may help you. Let me know how it goes!

]]> By: Maria http://dianev.com/blog/2007/12/08/microsoft-word-making-weird-characters-in-your-blog-or-email/#comment-20 Maria Wed, 29 Sep 2010 18:10:47 +0000 http://dianev.com/blog/2007/12/08/microsoft-word-making-weird-characters-in-your-blog-or-email/#comment-20 Hi Diane, thank you for this info. however i am wondering if your sugestion will be useful in writing in a different language? Since i must. I am so frustrated because i have tried to write a blog in tow different langges but same blog, and i am not sure if these strange characters have to do with the foregn language? the foreing language has all these different accentuation and i am not sure if your tip will be applyed to a foreign language? Thank you! Maria Hi Diane, thank you for this info. however i am wondering if your sugestion will be useful in writing in a different language? Since i must. I am so frustrated because i have tried to write a blog in tow different langges but same blog, and i am not sure if these strange characters have to do with the foregn language? the foreing language has all these different accentuation and i am not sure if your tip will be applyed to a foreign language? Thank you!

Maria

]]> By: Diane Vigil http://dianev.com/blog/2007/12/08/microsoft-word-making-weird-characters-in-your-blog-or-email/#comment-19 Diane Vigil Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:58:52 +0000 http://dianev.com/blog/2007/12/08/microsoft-word-making-weird-characters-in-your-blog-or-email/#comment-19 Hi Ella. Without knowing more, I'd guess that it has to do with the email programs each of you is using --- but it's hard to tell without more information. Hi Ella. Without knowing more, I'd guess that it has to do with the email programs each of you is using — but it's hard to tell without more information.

]]> By: Ella Cochrane http://dianev.com/blog/2007/12/08/microsoft-word-making-weird-characters-in-your-blog-or-email/#comment-18 Ella Cochrane Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:00:56 +0000 http://dianev.com/blog/2007/12/08/microsoft-word-making-weird-characters-in-your-blog-or-email/#comment-18 Diane,I have a friend, Terry, who helps me with technical errors. I am a senior (81) and enjoy using the net. I just received an e-mail from Terry enclosing your web site; however, my complaint is really e-mail related and nothing to do with the Word Program, but just in case I did follow the "auto correct" instruction, and who knows it might help me when I do use Word. :-) I received an e-mail from my sister-in-law including my reply below hers, and my reply had A's all over the place, and I just wondered if it was anything in my e-mail, but Margaret tells me my e-mail arrived okay, and she doesn't know how this happened(?). I know much more than she does about computers, for sure. No way did she write an e-mail in Word and then copy it to AOL. :-) Ella Diane,I have a friend, Terry, who helps me with technical errors. I am a senior (81) and enjoy using the net. I just received an e-mail from Terry enclosing your web site; however, my complaint is really e-mail related and nothing to do with the Word Program, but just in case I did follow the "auto correct" instruction, and who knows it might help me when I do use Word. :-)

I received an e-mail from my sister-in-law including my reply below hers, and my reply had A's all over the place,
and I just wondered if it was anything in my e-mail, but Margaret tells me my e-mail arrived okay, and she doesn't know how this happened(?). I know much more than she does about computers, for sure. No way did she write an e-mail in Word and then copy it to AOL. :-)

Ella

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