Microsoft KB Archive/111397

= Some Special Characters Are Changed in Imported Files =

Article ID: 111397

Article Last Modified on 8/15/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q111397





SUMMARY
In Microsoft Excel, the data source character set for various file types is not available in the Open dialog box (from the File menu, choose Open).



MORE INFORMATION
You cannot specify the character set when you open a file in Microsoft Excel. For instance, dBASE files will always be imported using the ASCII character set, and FoxPro for Windows will generate 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 default character set.

Additional query words: 5.00a 5.00c 8.00 97 XL97 dBASE dif dbf import XL

Keywords: KB111397

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