Why do special characters get translated in email?

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Special characters incorrect in email - 31 Dec 2006 17:41 GMT

When a friend writes his letters in Word and then copies them into his email,
the special characters get changed. Why?

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JoAnn Paules [MVP] - 31 Dec 2006 17:53 GMT

He's not using the same font you are.

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> When a friend writes his letters in Word and then copies them into his
> email,
> the special characters get changed. Why?

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Suzanne S. Barnhill - 31 Dec 2006 23:24 GMT

He is not using the correct encoding to preserve the special characters.
Many special characters will not make the transition to "plain text"; you
need to use Rich Text or encoding such as UTF-8.

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> When a friend writes his letters in Word and then copies them into his email,
> the special characters get changed. Why?

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