removing character breaks in a web page

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I just inserted some text on a web page and after publishing it I see it has a bunch of little boxes in the text. These are character breaks I think? Not sure what they are called, but I can't figure out how to remove them.
Any help?
#programming #breaks #character #page #removing #web
  • Try cutting and pasting the code into Notepad on your local computer. Sometimes, this fixes unwanted characters. It doesn't always work though... but hopefully in your case...
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  • Paste the text into a text editor - Notepad will do the trick in this case, you can also use a more featured editor like UltraEdit or PS Pad.

    Highlight and copy one of the "boxes", it may appear as another character in your editor but you should be able to identify it. Use the Search & Replace function to replace every instance of the "boxes" with nothing (i.e. leave the "replace" field blank).

    Another thing to look out for are single and double quotes - Word and other Rich Text editors often use opening and closing quotes. These usually translate into a question mark when you post them directly on the web.

    In future pass your text from Word into Notepad first before you paste it, it can save a lot of grief!

    Bill
  • like mywebwork mentioned, in notepad or similar copy the boxes and when you open the search replace dialog in the replace field hit your space bar once. this way you will not have to go back and do all the word spacing after words.
  • Anyone willing to fix this for me for a small fee?
  • PM me your link and I'll take a look for oyu.
  • hmm that is encoding problem try utf-8

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    I just inserted some text on a web page and after publishing it I see it has a bunch of little boxes in the text. These are character breaks I think? Not sure what they are called, but I can't figure out how to remove them. Any help?