Re: equal sign substituted for apostrophe

The usual reason is that the file was converted from WordPerfect and the
apostrophe, instead of being the character from the default paragraph font,
is a WP Typographic Symbols character. The only solution is to Find and
Replace, which is easier to do on a system where the problem is evident
(where you don't see it is on systems that have this font installed).

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"Ken" <spammenot@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> One a couple of my workstations several word documents are converting an
> apostrophe to an equal sign when the document is opened. I can't seem to
> find a reason for this and it does not happen with all users.
> Any help?
>
>

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