Thread: Extended ASCII characters in txt file
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Old 02-26-2012, 10:34 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by pshute View Post
I have a txt file I want to convert to ePub format for my Sony PRS-T1, but it contains many instances of extended ASCII line-drawing characters. These show up on the reader as various letters with accents, etc, instead of lines. (E.g. ASCII value C4 hex should be a horizontal line.)

I assume this means the reader can't handle extended ASCII characters.

Can someone give me some advice about what to do to fix it? Is there a way to make the device display them properly? Or should I be doing a search and replace to change them to something else? If the latter, what should I change them to ?
The keyword is Codepage (it has an optional setting on the conversions form)
you need to select the encoding used: ie. CP1252
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