Illegal characters errors message Ellipses on Mac

[Amanda Huensch]

Hello everyone-

I have an RA checking transcripts (using a Mac) and she reported an illegal characters error message when she does esc+L (image attached). This error message was not present when I checked the files (on a PC).

The error is identifying the ellipses in the transcript as illegal. A quick fix is just for her to re-type the three periods, but I also wanted to try to figure out why the issue happened in the first place. Does anyone know why that might be the case? She says she's running the most updated version of CLAN. I was trying to figure out if it had something to do with her being on a mac and me being on a PC? Or some automatic formatting of ellipses?

Thank you for any insights you might have!

Amanda

[spektor]

Amanda,

The eclips character is illegal as pause specification. You can use three separate period characters in a row, but not a single character that looks like three periods. The reason your student got an error message is because she is using the latest CLAN and you do not get an error, because you are using an older version of CLAN that does not check for this character. It is always best to update your CLAN as often as possible, otherwise you will have errors in your transcripts.

Leonid.

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[Amanda Huensch]

Ah, makes perfect sense. Thank you!

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