MAC to Windows problem with Special characters

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[akhanna]

I have got a CSV file which has some special characters.
I upload it to a web site and it distorts the special characters.
Even saving the CSV in a windows format does distort some of the characters.

If I make a bullet point in a CSV on MAC, how can I upload it to a web site to dsplay data as it is,, that is bullet points looks like a bullet points.

Thanks

[Russ49Checkmate]

I don't know why this is so ...

However I can offer this solution: The problems appear almost exclusively in the "High ASCII" charactors, those escape charactors 128 to 255. I downloaded those escape codes for UNIX and use the format © for the copyright symbol, for example. I generally don't use High ASCII very much, so I'm in the habit of always using these escape codes.

If you're not hand coding your HTML, I guess you'll need a better HTML editor, one specifically designed for your target browser/operating system combination.

Yes, handcoding escape charactors may not display correctly on a Macitosh, and that seems a problem with Apple.

[whoisgregg]

What application are you using to make the CSV files?

[Track23]

I think this problem is occuring because the characters 128-255 are part of the extended ASCII set. The default extended ASCII set is different on every system. I have a mac and when I have to use cross-platform files I use programs that allow me to choose my character set and make sure I select the same set on the recieving machine.

[rjohara]

If you want to display a bullet in HTML, one guaranteed way to do it is with the entity reference:

& bull;

(delete the space after &) You can just search-and-replace through your CSV file to insert & bull;