Questions tagged [character-encoding]
A character encoding system consists of a code that pairs each character from a given repertoire with something else — such as a bit pattern, sequence of natural numbers, octets, or electrical pulses — in order to facilitate the transmission of data (generally numbers or text) through telecommunication networks or for data storage.
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ASCII codes appear in Excel '03 but not '07
Part I - I have a spreadsheet that was from data exported from an application. When I open it, I can see the 'boxes' that usually are from a line break or paragraph break in a cell. IF I view the ...
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How can I convert multiple files to UTF-8 encoding using *nix command line tools? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Batch-convert files for encoding or line ending
I have a bunch of text files that I'd like to convert from any given charset to UTF-8 encoding.
Are there any command line ...
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Saving "Bush hid the facts" in notepad
When saving the text "Bush hid the facts" in notepad under Windows XP, how come when you reopen it shows squares instead of the text?
I saw it in this video if you need an example
http://www.youtube....
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Get Dingbats to appear in Firefox 3?
Inspired by this question on Meta: Is the mark to the left of the badges supposed to be a square or a checkmark?
On my FireFox, the "check" mark appears as a box with numbers in it, rather than a ...
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Ubuntu Linux: Can I paste plain text by default?
(Similar to my earlier question about Windows XP and darren_n's follow-up for Mac OS X.)
I regularly copy and paste text between spreadsheets, emails, browser windows, etc. I can't think of a single ...
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