Microsoft KB Archive/214039

= XL2000: Some Special Characters Are Changed in Imported Files =

Article ID: 214039

Article Last Modified on 11/5/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q214039





SUMMARY
In Microsoft Excel 2000, the data source character set for various file types is not available in the Open dialog box (on the File menu, click Open). Therefore, certain special characters may be changed in imported files.



MORE INFORMATION
You cannot specify the character set when you open a file in Excel. For example, dBASE files are always imported using the ASCII character set, and FoxPro for Windows generates ANSI-DBF files. As a result of this automatic character formatting, some special characters may be lost or displayed incorrectly. For example, international characters, such as French and German accent marks, may be converted to their corresponding characters in the default character set.

Additional query words: dBASE dif dbf import XL2000

Keywords: kbinfo KB214039

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