Paul Marchant

Hi SpaceBar The font that I use is Palatino Linotype and the Word doc uses the same font. However, this lump of text started life as .pages document, sent and imported into a Mac, then was converted to Word and sent to me. I use a PC. This is the only occurrence of this error, and the first time with Affinity Publisher. The lady who types the copy which contains these quotations marks, will for the next edition type the copy in Word, send to the lady who collects all the copy on her Mac, who coverts the whole thing into Word and sends it to me - and I use Word to put it into AF. Aaaaah these Mac/PC conversions drive me mad! I will keep you posted if this works OK in the Feb edition. Happy New Year Paul

I publish a monthly Church & Village magazine. The copy is sent to me on a MS Word file. The Word copy was correct when I received it but when put into Publisher, in every quotation example, the first quotation marks were replace by a three dot symbol. e.g "Publisher" became ...Publsher". Never had this error before - just had a Windows 10 upgrade, could this be the cause? Best regards Paul Marchant Original MS Word text - It is a paradox that advances in the means of communication can also be the cause of breakdown in communication. As many motorists know, the cause of most car breakdowns is a failure of vehicle electrics. Frequently the explanation is “You had a bad earth.” It is significant that the Common Market debate has focussed on face-to-face negotiations; people talking and, at least equally important, listening to each other. Modern technology has not always been helpful here, especially in the field of communication where the key seems to be solely the expression of the “sender”. A former Bishop of Norwich (in the first half of the last century) in dictating a “difficult letter” would instruct his secretary to type the letter and leave it on his desk overnight, rather than send it immediately. On the following morning he would then read it through as if he were the recipient and then dictate a rather different document! It may seem a cynical, but a sensible move, when someone in the heat of the moment expresses themselves forcibly, but realises what they have just said, ends “quote me, and I’ll call you a liar!”