Apostrophe problems 5 February 2018 at 11:40AM edited 24 August 2018 at 10:38AM in Site Feedback 84 replies 16.8K views

Former_MSE_Andrea

Update 24 August 2018

If you see similar issues on posts dated 21 August onwards please let us know here.

Thank you!

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Hi everyone

If you're having problems with forum posts with apostrophes showing as strange text this guide should help you.

Thank you to Glad for flagging it up

http://appleinsider.com/articles/17/09/26/tips-turn-off-ios-11-smart-punctuation-to-avoid-data-entry-problems

Snap-ant

I'm on Windows 7 & use Alt 3 for a little black heart & instead i'm getting !!!9829;

Lizabeth21

Don't know if it's worked but here goes. Apostrophes or numbers? See what posts ......

Sorted!

jungle_jane

I'm getting this on my Mac too....the fix seems to be aimed at phones/IOS 11...

tghe-retford

Also occurs on Linux.

cinders59

and on Windows 10

Johno100

And Android.

KeithP

But Andrea, a week or so ago this wasn't a problem.

Something has changed in the MSE forum software to bring this issue to the fore.

Kim_13

Was just about to post about this when I found this thread.

I first noticed it on my mobile (Android) when I replied to a thread, but assumed I had accidentally pressed some extra buttons in some way. It was fine when I edited the post to remove the !!!8217; and re-add the s. I've just seen a few more while reading a thread on the Credit Cards board.

18cc

Started happening a week or two ago. I am using Windows 10 (latest version) and IE11.

alanq

This has been happening on Windows 7 for around 1 week. (Firefox 58.0.2 & IE11)