Microsoft KB Archive/238101

= OFF2000: Special Characters That Can Cause Problems in Web Pages =

Article ID: 238101

Article Last Modified on 6/14/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Access 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q238101



SUMMARY
In Microsoft Office, you can use a variety of special characters when creating or saving files. Microsoft Windows also allows you to use special characters for naming files or folders. However, some of these special characters hold special meaning in Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), JScript, or VBScript, and can cause various problems when used with documents intended for the World Wide Web.



MORE INFORMATION
When naming files or folders that you intend to use with HTML, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), or other Internet-related activities, avoid the following characters:
 * Spaces
 * Quotation marks: "
 * Apostrophes: '
 * Number signs: #
 * Percent signs: %
 * "Greater than" symbols: >
 * "Less than" symbols: <

