I originally wrote my novel in Word Perfect . . . Does anyone remember that word processing format? At the time, Microsoft Word had not yet totally taken over as the default program of choice for THE WORLD. So, after my my first draft is typed, I go and buy Microsoft Word and somehow it converts my entire novel over to .doc and .docx (Word) format, and I then edit and tweak and finish my novel in Word's compatibility mode which embraces Word Perfect and somehow converts it (supposedly) to Microsoft Word. But there is a problem. Now when I email any part of my novel to anyone and they look at it on their computer, the words look all screwed up . . . Apostrophe's are now equal signs and quotation marks are big letter "A" and the @ sign. My computer experts here tell me that there must be a lingering residual electronic "Poison" attached to the current manuscript and even though it says .doc and .docx, there is a lingering bit of Word perfect energy attached to it that screws everything up. I have tried exporting to Plain text but that doesn't change anything. It looks like I'm going to have to type the entire manuscript over in Microsoft Word. I'm just wondering if anyone out there has ever had a problem like this or if they might have any suggestions short of retyping the entire manuscript. Thanks.