Disallowed characters
To prevent rendering and other formatting problems:
- Avoid copying and pasting from Microsoft Word into text boxes and query text, as Word can change characters to unicode.
- Do not use the following special characters:
Character
Where not to use
Double quotes
- Data entry text box
- Form title
- Question text
- Query answer text
- Query text
- Rights group name
Single quote
- Question text
- Query answer text
- Query text
- Site name
- Rights group name
Apostrophe (')
- Form title
- Question text
- Rights group name
\ or \\
Anywhere
> or <
Anywhere; use HTML escape character equivalents:
- > — > or >
- < — < or <
Comma
Rights group name
Percent sign
Rights group name
Superscript and subscript formatting specifications
Elements that will be used in pulldown controls