Encoding not working in Publisher 2003 SP 2

[CraigFox]

Using Tools>Options>Web>Encoding, I've set Publisher to save my file with
"Western ISO" encoding. After publishing to the web, whenever I view with
IE, the text is encoded as "Unicode", which causes many of the characters
(such as quotes) to appear incorrectly. How do I fix this?

 

[DavidF]

Set your encoding to Unicode (UTF-8) instead of Western ISO.

DavidF

 

[CraigFox]

That did the trick! Thanks.
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Craig Fox

Set your encoding to Unicode (UTF-8) instead of Western ISO.

DavidF

 

[DavidF]

You are welcome. Thanks for posting back.

DavidF

 

[Stevan]

Hi David - regarding this post, I checked my coding and it is Western
European (Windows) - using Publisher 2002. I often wondered if choosing
something else would make any difference. What does Unicode (UTF-8) mean?
Stevan

 

[DavidF]

Hi Stevan,

Here are some resources:

"Unicode provides a unique number for every character, no matter what the
platform, no matter what the program, no matter what the language.":
http://www.unicode.org/standard/WhatIsUnicode.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode

DavidF

 

[Stevan]

Hi David,

So, do you recommend that I switch my settings to Unicode (UTF-8)?

Stevan

 

[DavidF]

Stevan,

Remember my 'if it ain't broke, then don't fix it' answer to the whole idea
of moving to Pub 2007? That might apply here. At the same time there is a
possibility that by switching to Unicode there will be some character or
symbol on your site that will render correctly in some browser somewhere,
sometime...it does seem to be a more universal encoding. Honestly, I don't
know. I do know from the years of helping out in this group that this is the
most common 'fix' for some characters, text, symbols etc. not rendering
correctly. And, I don't know that it would hurt anything. I use Unicode as a
default for what that is worth.

DavidF