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Filenames with quotation marks [yes I know these aren't the tech forums...]

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3/27/11 at 2:42am
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I was renaming some of my files on my Macbook and I noticed that I have a few old school files with quotation marks in the filename. When I tried to open them with Word 2011, it said the files did not have a valid filename.

 

e.g.: "To Kill a Mockingbird" Study Questions 1.doc

 

On a Windows computer, can filenames with quotation marks exist? I'm assuming Word 2011 won't let me open my files due to compatibility issues with a Windows running machine...

 

Opening the files in Textedit or NeoOffice work just fine however.

 

Thanks for any feedback.

 

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Edited by miceblue - 3/27/11 at 2:44am
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3/27/11 at 4:33am

Traditionally on computers any non-alphanumeric character other than a dash, underscore or full-stop (and others, depending on the system) were special characters and interpreted by the system, so couldn't exist in file names. Out of habit I still wont use these characters when naming files. Regardless, file names don't have to be grammatically correct. wink.gif

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