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Text copied from Microsoft Word is filled with question marks when copied into Blackboard. How do I stop this from happening?

April 26, 2017Blackboard copied filled happening marks Microsoft text word

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Text copied from Microsoft Word is filled with question marks when copied into Blackboard. How do I stop this from happening?

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A. The problem probably has to do with Microsoft’s so-called “smart” quotes. Microsoft automatically converts standard straight quotation marks (“, ‘) into angled “smart” quotes. This works great in MS Word…but looks terrible on the Web.