[X4U] converting to Plain text and apostrophes

[Randy B. Singer]

On Jan 21, 2011, at 10:28 AM, cat soul wrote:

> I have a text version of my resume converted from RTF to Plain Text  
> using OS X's Text Edit application.
>
> I notice that in the plain text file, I have bunch of ’s  where  
> there had been apostrophes.
>
> Why does this happen, and is there a way to prevent it? If not, I  
> guess I'm stuck doing search and replace...no big deal but it'd be  
> nice to avoid the problem in the first place.


The solution is to use a real text editor.  Text Edit is more of an  
ultra-lightweight word processor.

I use:

Tex-Edit Plus ($15)
http://www.tex-edit.com/
...because of it's ability to clean up text from the Internet with  
one keystroke.

But if you want something free, you might prefer:

TextWrangler (free)
http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/

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Randy B. Singer
Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)

Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html
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