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Old March 5th 12, 10:28 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
Steve Hayes[_2_]
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Default Weird symbols in downloaded ebook text.

On Mon, 05 Mar 2012 18:25:48 +1100, Peter Jason wrote:

I download ebooks using eMule and these come down without the usual
formatting (no margins), but the problem is that the following curious
symbols are scattered about at random in the body of the text. VIS:
’s
“
â€
†“
etc.

Here is a passage with the curious glyphs well represented...


Probably has a different character set from your computer.

People sometimes send e-mails with that kind of junk in it, but I've never
managed to work out how to read it.


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