Clean Word Paste

clean_word_paste.js

// Code 
var CleanWord = {
    "_swapCodes": new Array(8211, 8212, 8216, 8217, 8220, 8221, 8226, 8230), 
    "_swapStrings": new Array("--", "--", "'", "'", "\"", "\"", "*", "..."),
    "Control": function (input) {
        $(input).val(CleanWord.Text($(input).val(), false));
    },
    "Text": function (txt, log) {
        var output = txt;
        for (i = 0; i < CleanWord._swapCodes.length; i++) {
            var swapper = new RegExp("\\u" + CleanWord._swapCodes[i].toString(16), "g"); // hex codes
            output = output.replace(swapper, CleanWord._swapStrings[i]);
        }
        return output;
    }
};

// Usage (jQuery 1.10 and above)
$(document).on("paste", "<jQuery selector>", function () { CleanWord.Control(this); });