cleanMSWordChar.js

var cleanChar = function(str){
	var f = [
		String.fromCharCode(8220), //“
		String.fromCharCode(8221), //”
		String.fromCharCode(8216), //‘
		String.fromCharCode(8217), //‘
		String.fromCharCode(8211), //–
		String.fromCharCode(8212), //—
		String.fromCharCode(189), //½
		String.fromCharCode(188), //¼
		String.fromCharCode(190), //¾
		String.fromCharCode(169), //©
		String.fromCharCode(174), //®
		String.fromCharCode(8230) //…
    ];
    var r = ['"','"',"'","'","-","--","1/2","1/4","3/4","(C)","(R)","..."];
    for(var i in f) str = str.replace( new RegExp(f[i],"gi"), r[i] );    
    return str;
}