Losing my mind in Publisher 2003!

[gxii]

When I publish to web I get question marks in my text boxes wherever
there are more than one space, or an apostrophe. I also get a load of
them when I use the TAB feature.

I'm running XP Pro, 2.4GHz, 512 RAM, plenty of HD space, and hi-speed
inet.
I tried viewing on several different machines once I had FTP'd to web,
several different browsers. When I look at the HTML, where it happens
publisher is putting the following:  

Any help would be appreciated! I could live with it if I just had to
remove the extra 'space' here and there, but no TABS and no
apostrophes? That's too much to sacrifice! Sample can be viewed at
www.tristatedata.com.

Thanks!

--GXII

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

I have to be honest here. Since your site says you will also do website
design, then you really should be using a program specifically meant to do
that. I'll bet you don't use your butter knives to repair computers. You
need to use the right tool for the job.

I'm not saying this to be nasty or invoke arguments. I love Publisher for
printed documents but I'm a FrontPage user for websites.

 

[Rob Giordano \(Crash\)]

Tabs don't exist in html.
Don't use tabs or spacebar as a layout tool.


|
| When I publish to web I get question marks in my text boxes wherever
| there are more than one space, or an apostrophe. I also get a load of
| them when I use the TAB feature.
|
| I'm running XP Pro, 2.4GHz, 512 RAM, plenty of HD space, and hi-speed
| inet.
| I tried viewing on several different machines once I had FTP'd to web,
| several different browsers. When I look at the HTML, where it happens
| publisher is putting the following:  
|
| Any help would be appreciated! I could live with it if I just had to
| remove the extra 'space' here and there, but no TABS and no
| apostrophes? That's too much to sacrifice! Sample can be viewed at
| www.tristatedata.com.
|
| Thanks!
|
| --GXII
|
|
| --
| gxii

 

[John Inzer]

When I publish to web I get question marks in my text
boxes wherever there are more than one space, or an
apostrophe. I also get a load of them when I use the TAB
feature.

I'm running XP Pro, 2.4GHz, 512 RAM, plenty of HD space,
and hi-speed inet.
I tried viewing on several different machines once I had
FTP'd to web, several different browsers. When I look at
the HTML, where it happens publisher is putting the
following:  

Any help would be appreciated! I could live with it if I
just had to remove the extra 'space' here and there, but
no TABS and no apostrophes? That's too much to
sacrifice! Sample can be viewed at www.tristatedata.com.

Thanks!

--GXII

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Try the following newsgroup

"publisher.webdesign"
http://tinyurl.com/2rhz7

 

[DavidF]

Under Tools, Options, Web, change encoding to Unicode UTF8.

DavidF

 

[gxii]

JoAnn:

Thanks for your reply. Although I really don't do much web design
(people in my area just don't want to pay for it -- they always know
someone who will do it all for them at no charge!), I've found if I do
something up quick in Publisher, I can then just give my customer the
publication file, and they can make changes later if they desire.
Plus, I get to sell them a new copy of Office Pro! Sadly, no one in my
area is really willing to pay for web maintenance!

I have Front Page, and have used it in the past, but the more familiar
I am with the product I'm passing on to my customer, the easier it
makes things in the long run.

I had hopes that coming to this forum would give me the answer I
needed, rather than the insults (note the other response to my request
for aid - a childish taunt and name calling - from a "true" web
designing professional, no less!) that I received.

And, if emergencey arises, I will indeed use a butter knife on a
computer!

Thanks,

--gxii

']I have to be honest here. Since your site says you will also do
website
design, then you really should be using a program specifically meant to
do
that. I'll bet you don't use your butter knives to repair computers.
You
need to use the right tool for the job.

I'm not saying this to be nasty or invoke arguments. I love Publisher
for
printed documents but I'm a FrontPage user for websites.

[/QUOTE]

 

[gxii]

Margolotta:

Interesting that you, as a supposed "professional" would stoop to
childish insults before knowing all the facts. As I posted in another
reply, I'm using publisher as a training tool for my clients, who will
not use Front Page. I do this because it's an easy program to use,
many of my clients already have it, and I can do something up quickly,
give them the publication file, and they can make modifications later.
All cheaply and quickly. If you knew anything at all about business,
you would know it's all about customer satisfaction. That's the goal.

Also, apparently, the reason for the existance of this forum is to
share information about the programs (bugs included). Apparently, you
missed this simple fact as well. I guess you feel really brave hiding
behind a computer screen, because you would not talk that way to my
face. Your kind is always lurking, and insulting. Usually it comes
from unloving parents, or maybe you are just a spoiled kid, or are
having sexual identity issues. Who knows, who cares? You are just a
mean voice on the internet that most people will ignore (or chuckle at,
as I did!). Thanks for the chuckle.

So, I guess you'll just have to settle for the "Foot In The Mouth"
award.

Go ahead -- have a foot on me!

--GXII

 

[Ed Bennett]

Interesting that you, as a supposed "professional"

Where did Margolotta claim to be a professional?

(And as far as I'm aware, any decent web designer would know not to use tabs
or multiple spaces to align content on a web page. Whether FrontPage is a
decent tool to use is debatable. Perhaps you can show us a site that you've
designed yourself in your professional capacity so we can judge more
accurately.)

Smart quotes are notorious for not displaying on web pages. Publisher by
default converts all quotes to smart quotes, and these will not display
correctly in many browsers, depending on your encoding.

 

[gxii]

DavidF:

Thanks -- I had tried that, and it did not fix the problem. However,
talked to my web host this morning and as it turns out it was just
simple change they had to make on their end. All looks good again.
just really wanted to know what was causing this...!

--GXII

 

[Mike Koewler]

Bollocks. *REAL* web designers (of which you are not one) learn HTML and code
by hand. Even your post proves that you know absolutely nothing about site
design - if you did, you'd know that Publisher bloats the code by at least
50%, if not more - and that you cannot have tabs in HTML - you're an idiot
and anyone who comes to you for a site deserves everything they get.

Sarah,

What source of facts are you using to state that *REAL* web designers
code by hand? How many *REAL* web designers do you know? How many are
there in the world?

I don't have a problem with the idea that most DTP programs do not
create good, clean HTML. For that matter, www.microsoft.com does not
pass W3C CSS validation. But to suggest one HAS to code pages by hand in
order to create a site that appears correctly in a variety or browsers
is moronic at best.

Mike

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

I hope you didn't take my response to be childish. I was just saying that
FrontPage is really the better program to do web design. And I'll use a
butter knife too - but only after I've tried and failed with cheap
screwdrivers that are worn down past the point of being functional.

And then I replace those screwdrivers with a higher quality.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

JoAnn:

Thanks for your reply. Although I really don't do much web design
(people in my area just don't want to pay for it -- they always know
someone who will do it all for them at no charge!), I've found if I do
something up quick in Publisher, I can then just give my customer the
publication file, and they can make changes later if they desire.
Plus, I get to sell them a new copy of Office Pro! Sadly, no one in my
area is really willing to pay for web maintenance!

I have Front Page, and have used it in the past, but the more familiar
I am with the product I'm passing on to my customer, the easier it
makes things in the long run.

I had hopes that coming to this forum would give me the answer I
needed, rather than the insults (note the other response to my request
for aid - a childish taunt and name calling - from a "true" web
designing professional, no less!) that I received.

And, if emergencey arises, I will indeed use a butter knife on a
computer!

Thanks,

--gxii

']I have to be honest here. Since your site says you will also do
website
design, then you really should be using a program specifically meant to
do
that. I'll bet you don't use your butter knives to repair computers.
You
need to use the right tool for the job.

I'm not saying this to be nasty or invoke arguments. I love Publisher
for
printed documents but I'm a FrontPage user for websites.

[/QUOTE]