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Asked: May 11, 20262026-05-11T07:39:32+00:00 2026-05-11T07:39:32+00:00

When I copy and paste from a Word document into a QT TextEditor ,

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When I copy and paste from a Word document into a QT TextEditor, It seems to look fine. But when I try to access the text using toPlainText or toHTML, it returns the text with all of the quotes (double and single) as question marks. Is there a way around this? I am using the qt4-qtruby bindings.

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  1. 2026-05-11T07:39:33+00:00Added an answer on May 11, 2026 at 7:39 am

    That’s because the quotes used in Word aren’t actually ASCII quote characters – They are some kind of funky unicode character that kind of looks like a quote.

    For HTML, if you use UTF-8 encoding, it should work fine. For plain text though you’re pretty much out of luck.

    Here’s a nice page with some more info

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  • added an answer I suspect you want the Password property. May 11, 2026 at 10:43 am
  • added an answer Simply don't apply the TextFixture attribute on the class. May 11, 2026 at 10:43 am
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