Recommended entries in the punctuation checker
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Recommended entries are almost standardized, and may vary for quotation marks or language specific settings. It is recommended to have following punctuation entries:
BASIC
Basic settings handle period, comma, question and exclamation marks, colon and semicolon.
Note: M = Mark
Description |
M |
Code |
Allowed |
Wrong |
|
Question mark |
? |
\o\s?\n |
a? B a?¶ a??¶ a ?¶ a ? ? ¶ a??????????¶ |
a?b a?! |
missing space ! not allowed |
Exclamation |
! |
\o\s?\n |
a! b a!¶ a!?
|
a!! |
|
Period |
. |
,\s.\n\o |
a. a.¶ a., b |
a.,¶ a.,b |
|
Comma |
, |
\s |
,¶ |
||
Colon |
: |
\s |
|||
Semicolon |
; |
||||
PARAGRAPH
Description |
M |
Code |
Allowed characters |
new paragraph or line |
\n |
\o\n\sl |
Character or end of text, another EOP, space, left curly quotation mark. |
OTHER
Description |
M |
Code |
Allowed characters |
Plus |
+ |
\s.,;:!? |
PARENTHESES
Description |
M |
Code |
Allowed characters |
Round, right |
) |
\s.,;:!? |
|
Round, left |
( |
\o -or- \o$ |
Only alphanumerical -or- alphanumerical and dollar sign |
Square, left |
\b |
\o |
|
Square, right |
\k |
\s.,;:!? |
IMPORTANT: To make these changes available to the GN4 users, after you saved the GLOBALCONFIG.XML file and imported it into the database, or after you modified it in EdAdmin4 and saved, recycle the GN4 application pools on all IIS servers and then make all users log out and log back in.