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Tracey - 07 Jan 2005 15:17 GMT

Can I specify the default encoding format when opening a generic text file?

When I open a file with (box/line) drawing characters I get Japanese
(Shift-JIS) encoding as the default format.
I want [OEM United States] to be the default encoding format.

Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks, Tracey

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Klaus Linke - 11 Jan 2005 03:02 GMT

Hi Tracy,

Check "Always confirm conversion" in "Tools > Options > General".
Then change the file type to "Encoded Text" in the "File > Open" dialog.

Greetings,
Klaus

> Can I specify the default encoding format when opening a generic text file?
>
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> Any help will be appreciated.
> Thanks, Tracey

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Tracey - 17 Jan 2005 20:56 GMT

Thanks for the reply!
I looked and the [Always confirm conversion] was already checked and I get
the encoding dialog box (which is what I want), but...

the issue is the default "other" encoding is: [Japanese (Shift JIS)]

I would like to make the default "other" encoding [OEM United States] (or at
least one of the encodings that recognizes line/box drawing characters).

Is this hard-coded default in Word or can this be changed via registry or
something (I have not found a setting anywhere as an option and I don't have
a Japanses version of Word... nor do I know Japanses)?

Please advise
Thanks, Tracey

> Hi Tracy,
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> > Any help will be appreciated.
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Tracey - 17 Jan 2005 21:38 GMT

Wow, I overlooked the obvious.
MS-DOS is 1 of the three "primary" options:
Windows (I tried Windows, but it does NOT recognize line/box characters)
MS-DOS
Other encodings (after Windows I started looking here)

MS-DOS recognizes box characters

However, I still would like to know how to change the "default other
encodings" (most likely via registry)

Thanks, Tracey

> Thanks for the reply!
> I looked and the [Always confirm conversion] was already checked and I get
[quoted text clipped - 29 lines]
> > > Any help will be appreciated.
> > > Thanks, Tracey

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Klaus Linke - 26 Jan 2005 05:10 GMT

> However, I still would like to know how to change the "default other
> encodings" (most likely via registry)

Hi Tracey,

Word looks into the text file and tries to figure out the encoding.
I don't think there's much you can do... except write your own "FileOpen" macro,
which seems a lot of bother. Especially since Word often guesses correctly,
while your macro would use the same default for all text files.

Greetings,
Klaus

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