JTextArea using US-ASCII encoding?

My user pasted content copied from MS-Word, and the "smart-quotes" - open double-quotes and close double-quotes - are causing havoc with my downstream fax-sender.

Is it possible to force a JTextArea to use US-ASCII encoding, and refuse to allow pasting of extended Ascii characters?

I've looked at CharSet, Documents, etc., but nothing obvious is leaping out at me. What approach should I be taking to remove offending characters?

Thanks,

N.

[474 byte] By [n_olding_againa] at [2007-11-27 4:02:33]
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Nothing to do with the JTextArea. Use a Writer with the US-ASCII encoding when you send the data.
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