Somthing Strange

gandor62 · 08-24-2009, 08:35 PM

Hi all, just converted three text files to epub and something that I can not figure out has happened.

The original file is a text file and when converted to epub, question marks in little black diamonds have appeared in the text. It seems to be replacing quotes, full stops and other grammar but I have also noticed a few chunks of text, two or three letters go missing and such see below a sample

Original text block
The chime rang again.
“Enter,” she said, her voice cracking badly. She had to repeat herself, after a cough. “Come in, please.”
The door slid to the side, and a female sailor stuck her head into the cabin. “Begging your pardon, Captain, but the XO says we’ve picked ’em up again,

Epub after conversion
The chime rang again. �Enter,� she said, her voice cracking badly. She had to repeat herself, after a cough. �Come in, please.� The door slid to the side, and a female sailor stuck her head into the cabin. �Begging your pardon, Captain, but the XO says we�ve picked �em up again.,

I reckon I have some setting set very wrong. Anyone seen this or know why.

Cheers Tony

gandor62 · 08-24-2009, 09:03 PM

Sorry, Solved it. Had to transliterate unicode characters to ascii. Missed that setting somehow.

08-24-2009, 08:35 PM	#1
gandor62 Connoisseur Posts: 99 Karma: 14 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Brisbane Australia Device: iPod Touch, Ipad, Kindle 2	Something Strange Hi all, just converted three text files to epub and something that I can not figure out has happened. The original file is a text file and when converted to epub, question marks in little black diamonds have appeared in the text. It seems to be replacing quotes, full stops and other grammar but I have also noticed a few chunks of text, two or three letters go missing and such see below a sample Original text block The chime rang again. “Enter,” she said, her voice cracking badly. She had to repeat herself, after a cough. “Come in, please.” The door slid to the side, and a female sailor stuck her head into the cabin. “Begging your pardon, Captain, but the XO says we’ve picked ’em up again, Epub after conversion The chime rang again. �Enter,� she said, her voice cracking badly. She had to repeat herself, after a cough. �Come in, please.� The door slid to the side, and a female sailor stuck her head into the cabin. �Begging your pardon, Captain, but the XO says we�ve picked �em up again., I reckon I have some setting set very wrong. Anyone seen this or know why. Cheers Tony Last edited by gandor62; 08-24-2009 at 09:03 PM. Reason: anyone know how to get a spell check in explorer 8.

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08-24-2009, 09:03 PM	#2
gandor62 Connoisseur Posts: 99 Karma: 14 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Brisbane Australia Device: iPod Touch, Ipad, Kindle 2	Sorry, Solved it. Had to transliterate unicode characters to ascii. Missed that setting somehow.

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