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Old 02-04-2012, 10:02 AM   #12
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Originally Posted by Agama View Post
By the way what does utf-8 mean and do I need to make files in this format?
UTF-8 is a way to encode text in a file. There are many different encodings. Basically, a letter like A can be represented by different binary sequences depending on the encoding. This is why when converting some documents have the "s show up as ?. The representation of the " in one encoding is a different character in a different encoding.

UTF-8 is a widely used and lightweight way to handle a large number of characters including unicode characters. It is recommended to use UTF-8 for TXT files. Calibre defaults to utf-8 for TXT files. TXT input will try to auto detect the encoding but due to the way encoding works it's far from perfect. This is also why a conversion solution is often to specify the encoding before hand.
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