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    I am getting this problem where certain things are being replaced after upload. For example something like "don't" gets changed to ?don?t". very frustrating.

    Apostrophe's are the most common thing to be replaced for me, and they are replaced by question marks.

    I did a sample post of all the characters, here is what I typed into Live Writer:

    “ “ ‘ : ; . , – _ + = / ? > < ] } { [ * & ^ % $ # @ ! ( ) ` ~


    This is how it was posted after upload:


    ? ? ? : ; . , ? _ + = / ? > < ] } { [ * & ^ % $ # @ ! ( ) ` ~

    I am using it says the Technical Preview Build 14.03913.522 en
    Wednesday, July 9, 2008 12:06 AM

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    Rev Metcalfe, that issue should be fixed if you install the latest beta: http://download.live.com/writer

    FusedOne, try turning off the "Replace" options under Tools | Options | Editing. Or if you want those features, you'll have to experiment with the character set of your blog--we can help you figure it out if you tell us the blog homepage URL.
    • Marked as answer by Fused0ne Thursday, January 15, 2009 9:36 AM
    Wednesday, October 29, 2008 5:24 PM
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    Where are you publishing to? And what encoding do you have set for your blog?
    Wednesday, July 9, 2008 10:18 PM
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    To NucleusCSM blog, as for encoding, up I am not sure, the standard I suppose. Its an English blog, nothing special.

    Thursday, July 10, 2008 8:04 AM
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    Any updates?? 
    Friday, July 25, 2008 6:33 AM
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    I've had similar problems and i think i found the cause, the entire spellcheck function is bugged.

    For words such as It's it marks them as spelt wrong, in the checker it has two correct spellings 'It's' and 'It's' one after the other. The first one leads to two end results, either the spellchecker says it's encountered an error and asks to report it to microsoft, or nothing happens and when you post you get symbols.

    The other problem is on adding words to the dictionary as well. It won't let you add words with certain combinations. For example 'It's' isn't in the dictionary at all, and it tries to replace it with 'It'd', however if you click add, it says it encountered a problem and wants to report to microsoft.

    Here's what the log file says on the error:

    WindowsLiveWriter,3052,Fail,00006,25-Jul-2008 23:21:01.546,"Unexpected Error Occurred
    Exception Details:
    An unexpected error has occurred within the application.
    WindowsLive.Writer.SpellChecker.SentryException: Error attempting to add word to lexicon: Siral’s -  (5)
       at WindowsLive.Writer.SpellChecker.SentryLexicon.AddWord(String word, Int16 action, String otherWord)
       at WindowsLive.Writer.SpellChecker.SentrySpellingChecker.AddToUserDictionary(String word)
       at WindowsLive.Writer.SpellChecker.SpellCheckerForm.buttonAdd_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
       at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
       at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
       at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
       at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
       at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
       at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)",""
    WindowsLiveWriter,3052,Fail,00007,25-Jul-2008 23:22:30.656,"Unexpected Error Occurred
    Exception Details:
    An unexpected error has occurred within the application.
    WindowsLive.Writer.SpellChecker.SentryException: Error attempting to add word to lexicon: it’s -  (5)
       at WindowsLive.Writer.SpellChecker.SentryLexicon.AddWord(String word, Int16 action, String otherWord)
       at WindowsLive.Writer.SpellChecker.SentrySpellingChecker.AddToUserDictionary(String word)
       at WindowsLive.Writer.SpellChecker.SpellCheckerForm.buttonAdd_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
       at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
       at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
       at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
       at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
       at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
       at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)",""
    WindowsLiveWriter,3052,Fail,00008,25-Jul-2008 23:36:36.546,"Unexpected Error Occurred
    Exception Details:
    An unexpected error has occurred within the application.
    WindowsLive.Writer.SpellChecker.SentryException: Error attempting to add word to lexicon: it’s -  (5)
       at WindowsLive.Writer.SpellChecker.SentryLexicon.AddWord(String word, Int16 action, String otherWord)
       at WindowsLive.Writer.SpellChecker.SentrySpellingChecker.AddToUserDictionary(String word)
       at WindowsLive.Writer.SpellChecker.SpellingManager.addToDictionary_Execute(Object sender, EventArgs e)
       at WindowsLive.Writer.ApplicationFramework.Command.RaiseEvent(Object eventKey, EventArgs e)
       at WindowsLive.Writer.ApplicationFramework.Command.OnExecute(EventArgs e)",""

    • Edited by Rev.Metcalfe Saturday, July 26, 2008 12:34 AM fixed my lousy spelling
    Saturday, July 26, 2008 12:33 AM
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    It's too bad we've not had any help with this situation. If one has to still login to their blog to edit the post, might as well post from the blog and not use Live Writer. Until this is fixed, Live Writer wont be a cool application, convenient thing to use, it will be a extra hassle.
    Sunday, August 10, 2008 3:58 AM
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    Rev Metcalfe, that issue should be fixed if you install the latest beta: http://download.live.com/writer

    FusedOne, try turning off the "Replace" options under Tools | Options | Editing. Or if you want those features, you'll have to experiment with the character set of your blog--we can help you figure it out if you tell us the blog homepage URL.
    • Marked as answer by Fused0ne Thursday, January 15, 2009 9:36 AM
    Wednesday, October 29, 2008 5:24 PM
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    I had not visited this page in a while as I had not been getting any hepl, but my blog url is http://me.typedink.com. I have updated to the latest version however the problem still persists. I'll post a post titled, Live Writer Help Post for you guys to look at, as I've manually re-changed all the wrong punctuations in my posts.
    Tuesday, January 13, 2009 10:00 AM
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    Ok I did a test post and turned off the replace things as you mentioned and I thnk it's working ok again. What exactly where those options for?

    Did another test post seems to work THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!! I only used Live Writer when I needed to post images but now I  can use it even more often now that it works correctly again. But yes if you could please tell me what the Replace options were for exactly I'd appreciate it.
    Tuesday, January 13, 2009 10:10 AM
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    FusedOne,

    Those options are for smart quotes, em dashes, the copyright symbol, etc. You can read about dashes and quotes here, tips #2 and #3:

    The problem seems to be that either Nucleus or the database it's using doesn't support these characters. If you don't care about them you can just leave those options off.
    Tuesday, January 13, 2009 6:47 PM
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    No I don't really care about those things, thank you for helping me, I was so frustrated with that issue that it stopped me from using Live Writer except when inserting pictures. THANK YOU.
    Thursday, January 15, 2009 9:35 AM