I received a Word document in
an email from a young person and I noticed it had a bunch of funny looking “J”
characters scattered throughout it. I’m sure they didn’t type that character so
what is going on, why am I seeing these funky characters?
You may even be sending these
“J” characters without knowing it. The problem is related to Office programs
and a missing font called Wing Dings.
Actually, some Microsoft engineer decided
to render that colon with the little parenthesis, that smiley face, as a smiley
rendered in a specific font face when composing rich text documents or HTML
email. All of that being said, if they person getting your email or if you
don’t support rich text or HTML you may be seeing the “J” characters.
Know that
the person sending is usually being nice and accept them. To correct this in
Outlook go to your File, Options, Mail, Spelling and Auto Correct and then
click the Auto Correct Options. Set the Auto Correct to replace that colon,
right parenthesis with a smiley face.
http://lifehacker.com/5574668/get-rid-of-the-smiley-j-problem-in-microsoft-office-applications
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