C.7. Converting the nonstandard Microsoft set

The final table in this section lists the nonstandard Microsoft set and modern equivalents. Some older HTML editors, such as Dreamweaver 4, insert nonstandard entity values into web pages, causing them to fail validation. Here, we present the outdated nonstandard value and its corresponding approved alternatives (entity name and entity number, either of which can be used).

Character	Description	Nonstandard value	Entity name	Entity number
,	Single low-9 quote	‚	‚	‚
ƒ	Lowercase Latin f with hook (florin)	ƒ	ƒ	ƒ
"	Double low-9 quote	„	„	„
...	Ellipsis	…	…	…
†	Dagger	†	†	†
‡	Double dagger	‡	‡	‡
ˆ	Circumflex spacing modifier	ˆ	ˆ	ˆ
‰	Per mille symbol	‰	‰	‰
Š	Uppercase S, caron	Š	Š	Š
<	Less-than sign	&#139;	&lt;	&#60;
Œ	Uppercase OE ligature	&#140;	&OElig;	&#338;
'	Left single quote	&#145;	&lsquo;	&#8216;
'	Right single quote	&#146;	&rsquo;	&#8217;
“	Left double quote	&#147;	&ldquo;	&#8220;
”	Right double quote	&#148;	&rdquo;	&#8221;
•	Bullet point	&#149;	&bull;	&#8226;
–	En dash	&#150;	&ndash;	&#8211;
—	Em dash	&#151;	&mdash;	&#8212;
~	Tilde	&#152;	&tilde;	&#732;
™	Trademark symbol	&#153;	&trade;	&#8482;
š	Lowercase s, caron	&#154;	&scaron;	&#353;
>	Greater-than sign	&#155;	&gt;	&#62;
œ	Lowercase oe ligature	&#156;	&oelig;	&#339;
Ÿ	Uppercase Y, umlaut	&#159;	&Yuml;	&#376