On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 14:57 Don Wiss wrote: >At 02:59 AM 9/18/2004, Persephone wrote: > > >Can anyone tell me why I get '=92' or '=93' > >in place of all my apostrophes > >on list when I cut and paste my message > >from 'Word' to the Maelstrom reply form? > > > >I prefer to compose replies on 'Word'. > >Is there any way to avoid this glitch? > >Yes. Go to Format -> AutoFormat -> Options... -> AutoFormat. >Then uncheck at least the first four boxes in the Replace >section. Better to uncheck all six. > >Don. Don's solution is good. Bill Gates' "helpful" <autoformat> options really irritate me. Best solution is to type directly into the box provided by the Maelstrom server. This permits you to re-format the earlier posts (as I have done above). Another is to compose in Word, copy the finished note into Notepad and copy from there into the list screen. Keith