Strange Text Importing

[Stephen]

When importing from Ex to Acc I sometimes receive data that looks like
this:This complex will house the Station’s
commanÿ䌀敨牲â¹æ½æ¹©â´æ•²ç•±ç¥ç´æ„ æ‘¤ç‘©æ½©æ…®â¬ç•¦æ‘®æ¹©â§æ½¦â²æ¡´â¥ç‰°ç¥ç‰¡ç‘¡æ½©â®æ™¯ç æ•¨åŒ æ…´æ¥´æ¹¯ç æµ¥æ½°æ…²ç¥²ä  â‘æ¹æ•®â¹¸â€®äŒ æ•¨ç‰²â¹æ½æ¹©â´ç‰¯ .....CAN I
GET SOME HELP PLEASE?

 

[Gina Whipp]

Any foreign characters in the Excel file?

 

[Stephen]

No there are no foreign characters in my Excel Doc, the Japanese symbols only
appear when I import into Access. I did notice that the characters I showed
in my initial thread have turned to ????????????marks now, how did that
happen. Again, this is a sample of some of the characters I'm importing
(â®æ¡æ•£ç³ç‰¯â¹æ•³ç´æ˜ ç‰¯ç æ•¨æ˜ æ™©ç¥´çŒ æ…´æ•´æ˜ æ…¬ç§çœ æ±©â¬æ¹¥ç‰¯æ½­çµç¥¬æ ç¯æ®æ…²æ•¤ç æ•¨ç€ æ½²æ•¦ç³æ½©æ…®â¬æ•¬æ•¶â¬æ™¯æ„ æ±¬æŒ ç‰¥æµ¥æ¹¯æ•©â³æ½´æ„ æˆ ç¡æ©æ˜ ç‰¯æ…­æ¥´)

 

[Gina Whipp]

How many characters are in the Excel cell?

And I saw Chinese characters, not question marks...

 

[Stephen]

It varies, anywhere from 10-500 or more. As long as I have the properties set
as a memo field it shouldn't have any effect on it. Or should it??? Thanks
for the help

 

[Gina Whipp]

It shouldn't but I'm about to run a test. What version of Access?

 

[Gina Whipp]

Also what format is the cell in Excel, General? Can't be text because it
would only hold 255 characters.