Microsoft KB Archive/197368

= Code Page 1252 Includes New Characters =

Article ID: 197368

Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q197368



SUMMARY
This article describes the changes to code page 1252 used in Windows 98 and Windows 2000.



MORE INFORMATION
The new code page 1252 is a modified version of the original code page 1252 used in Microsoft Windows 95 and Microsoft Windows NT 4.0.

In the original code page 1252, three code points are marked as "not used." In the new code page 1252, these points are assigned to the following Unicode characters:

Code page 1252 is used for all Western European languages.

For additional information about the caron and other diacritical marks, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

98999 Diacritical Marks Described and Explained

Keywords: kbenv kbinfo KB197368

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