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From: Jim Thompson on 8 Aug 2010 12:49
On Sun, 08 Aug 2010 06:46:44 -0400, Spehro Pefhany
<speffSNIP(a)interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote:

>On Sat, 07 Aug 2010 17:05:17 -0700, the renowned Jim Thompson
><To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)On-My-Web-Site.com> wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 07 Aug 2010 22:23:11 +0200, Sjouke Burry
>><burryNULNULFOUR(a)PPLLAANNEETT.NNLL> wrote:
>>
>>>Jim Thompson wrote:
>>>> I can copy text messages in Skype and paste into a text editor.
>>>>
>>>> But if I try to paste English text into the Skype text box, it shows
>>>> like Chinese characters :-(
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas on how to do this?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> ...Jim Thompson
>>>Use notepad.exe as editor.
>>>Copying from wordprocessors like WORD, WP, etc is often 16 bit text,
>>>and that is responsible for the mishmash.
>>
>>I'm using UltraEdit.
>>
>> ...Jim Thompson
>
>Where did the file come from originally- perhaps it was created as
>Unicode? This may help:
>
>http://www.ultraedit.com/support/tutorials_power_tips/ultraedit/unicode.html
>
>
>Best regards,
>Spehro Pefhany

Thanks, Spehro. I just read Frank Buss' message saying the same
thing. Haven't tried it yet, but it certainly makes sense.

...Jim Thompson
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From: Jim Thompson on 8 Aug 2010 12:58
On Sun, 8 Aug 2010 09:15:45 +0200, Frank Buss <fb(a)frank-buss.de>
wrote:

>Jim Thompson wrote:
>
>> Notepad works, so I'll check out what UltraEdit is doing... I
>> generally default to "Courier New".
>
>This is not related to the font, but the character encoding (
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Character_encoding ). If it is Unicode, two
>bytes are used for one character. Try Ctrl-H in UltraEdit and you'll see if
>it is in ASCII or Unicode. If it is Unicode, you can use
>File->Convert->Unicode To ASCII (PS: I have the German version of
>Ultraedit, I don't know the exact English names of the menu points).

That worked. Thanks, Frank!

...Jim Thompson
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