Added symbols once posted to the web

[Cindy]

I just created a website and posted it to the internet. The problem is where
I used a space or an apostrophe or a tab, etc. it inserts a box symbol. I'm
using Publisher 07 and published it to a school website that operates using
the 07 software. Any suggestions?

 

[GeoffreyChaucer]

This problem comes from the fact that Internet Explorer version 8's encoding
defaults to UTF instead of ISO.

You can view the text normally by changing the code selection in the Menu Bar:
View > Encoding > Western European (ISO) or Western European (Windows).

The problem is that visitor to your site will have to do the same.

To fix the problem completely, you need to remove unnecessary spaces or if
you want to retain them, replace every one of them by an HTML Special
Character code such as a non-breaking space:

& # 1 6 0 ; without spaces between & and ; (if I didn't put the spaces
you couldnot see the code)

To do this, you must launch your web page on your local browser and click:
View > Source

In the Notepad window that opens, locate the text and remove the spaces or
replace them by the above code, then click File > Save.

Finally, upload the now revised HTML document of your page to the server.

 

[DavidF]

In addition to what Geoffrey suggested, you might try going to Tools >
Options > Web tab and change the encoding to Unicode or UTF-8.

DavidF