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How do I use standard notepad (unicode) font for special character
I am trying to find the best way to create an excel file which will be using
special characters like what you see for pronunciation in a dictionary like long and short vowels. I will need to export this to a tab delemented TXT file for InDesign to import. We have basically been using the Insert Character in Excel to pick the correct special characters but they come in all different fonts and do not work for exporting. Just gives my TXT file a bunch of "?". This is something new with me and I might have the lingo incorrect so any ideas of how to go about this would be helpful. I think basically I just need to know which font to choose in Excel that supports special characters that can be seen in a basic Notepad TXT file. |
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How do I use standard notepad (unicode) font for special character
Excel must be exporting the special characters correctly. The text editor you
use does not support special characters. Try to import the text file in MS Word and see whether you get the right characters... TXT files are typically designed to support characters upto ASCII 128 and special characters have codes higher than 128. "Greg" wrote: I am trying to find the best way to create an excel file which will be using special characters like what you see for pronunciation in a dictionary like long and short vowels. I will need to export this to a tab delemented TXT file for InDesign to import. We have basically been using the Insert Character in Excel to pick the correct special characters but they come in all different fonts and do not work for exporting. Just gives my TXT file a bunch of "?". This is something new with me and I might have the lingo incorrect so any ideas of how to go about this would be helpful. I think basically I just need to know which font to choose in Excel that supports special characters that can be seen in a basic Notepad TXT file. |
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How do I use standard notepad (unicode) font for special chara
nope, even when opened in Word or even back in Excel, they open with ????
instead of the proper characters. "Sheeloo" wrote: Excel must be exporting the special characters correctly. The text editor you use does not support special characters. Try to import the text file in MS Word and see whether you get the right characters... TXT files are typically designed to support characters upto ASCII 128 and special characters have codes higher than 128. "Greg" wrote: I am trying to find the best way to create an excel file which will be using special characters like what you see for pronunciation in a dictionary like long and short vowels. I will need to export this to a tab delemented TXT file for InDesign to import. We have basically been using the Insert Character in Excel to pick the correct special characters but they come in all different fonts and do not work for exporting. Just gives my TXT file a bunch of "?". This is something new with me and I might have the lingo incorrect so any ideas of how to go about this would be helpful. I think basically I just need to know which font to choose in Excel that supports special characters that can be seen in a basic Notepad TXT file. |
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