FP98: Wrong Characters Displayed After Changing HTML Encoding (175765)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q175765 SYMPTOMS
When you open a page that contains high-byte characters in a Web browser, the
wrong characters appear. For example, if you enter the lower-case "n" with a
tilde over it, it appears in the Web browser as an upper-case A, with a tilde
over it followed by a plus/minus sign.
NOTE: You can enter high-byte characters by clicking Symbol on the Insert
menu or by pressing NUMLOCK and then pressing ALT and entering a three-digit
number on the numeric keypad.
CAUSE
This problem occurs when you set the HTML encoding to the Multilingual (UTF-
8) format. Resetting the HTML encoding to None does not correct the problem.
NOTE: To set HTML encoding, open the page in FrontPage Editor, click Page
Properties on the File menu, and then click the Language tab. Under Save, in
the "HTML Encoding for saving this page" list, select the HTML encoding
format you want.
When you set HTML encoding, FrontPage Editor writes the Charset attribute in
the Meta tag, which tells your Web browser how to interpret the characters
used on the page. When you reset HTML encoding to None, FrontPage Editor
removes the Meta tag and the charset attribute, but the characters retain the
Multilingual (UTF-8) format. Therefore, when you open the page in a Web
browser, the browser will still interpret the characters as being
Multilingual (UTF-8) encoded.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of
this article.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 12/1/2000 |
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| Keywords: | kbbug KB175765 |
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