Replacement of Fancy MS WORD Chracters

replaceWordChars

function replaceWordChars(text) {
    var s = text;
    if(s != null && s.length > 0) {
        // smart single quotes and apostrophe
        s = s.replace(/[\u2018\u2019\u201A]/g, "\'");
        // smart double quotes
        s = s.replace(/[\u201C\u201D\u201E]/g, "\"");
        // ellipsis
        s = s.replace(/\u2026/g, "...");
        // dashes
        s = s.replace(/[\u2013\u2014]/g, "-");
        // circumflex
        s = s.replace(/\u02C6/g, "^");
        // open angle bracket
        s = s.replace(/\u2039/g, "");
        // open angle bracket
        s = s.replace(/\u2039/g, "<");
        // close angle bracket
        s = s.replace(/\u203A/g, ">");
        // spaces
        s = s.replace(/[\u02DC|\u00A0]/g, " ");
    }
    return s;
}