[nfbcs] Replacing an ASCII Character with Another in Excel

[Nicole B. Torcolini at Home]

Have you tried copying and pasting the symbol?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sahar Husseini" <sahar at inebraska.com>
To: "NFB in Computer Science Mailing List" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2011 11:30 AM
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Replacing an ASCII Character with Another in Excel


>I am using a desktop.  The find and replace does not seem to recognize the 
>characters when you use Alt and the combination of characters.  For 
>example, when I type Alt 8217 in the find dialogue box, it is not found 
>even though I know this is the ASCII character I want to replace.  I am 
>using the number pad to do this.  Thanks.
>
> Warm regards,
> Sahar Husseini
> For hand-crafted, one-of-a-kind jewelry, please visit my Website at
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> And remember, "Obstacles don't have to stop you.
> If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up.
> Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it."
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>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: Nicole B. Torcolini at Home
>  To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
>  Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2011 11:54 AM
>  Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Replacing an ASCII Character with Another in Excel
>
>
>  Are you using a laptop or a desktop? This affects the answer.
>
>  Nicole
>
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: "Sahar Husseini" <sahar at inebraska.com>
>  To: "Multiple recipients of NFBnet NFBcs Mailing List" <NFBcs at NFBnet.org>
>  Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2011 5:30 AM
>  Subject: [nfbcs] Replacing an ASCII Character with Another in Excel
>
>
>  > Hi,
>  >
>  > I have an Excel sheet that has a list of products.  When I export it to 
> my
>  > Ecommerce software, the apostrophe will often appear as some weird 
> square
>  > box.  I found out that the ASCII character for the apostrophe is 39, 
> and
>  > the ASCII character for this weird box is 8217.  I want to replace all 
> of
>  > the 8217 ASCII characters with ASCII 39.  The find and replace box 
> isn't
>  > working for me.  Does anyone have any idea on how I would go about 
> doing
>  > this?  I have 718 products.  Doing it by hand would be insane.  Thanks 
> for
>  > any ideas.
>  >
>  > Warm regards,
>  > Sahar Husseini
>  > For hand-crafted, one-of-a-kind jewelry, please visit my Website at
>  > www.saharscreations.com
>  > Find me on Facebook at www.facebook.com/saharscreations
>  > And remember, "Obstacles don't have to stop you.
>  > If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up.
>  > Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it."
>  > Michael Jordan
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