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What is the default encoding for saving MS-Notepad files

Anonymous
2018-02-19T11:58:46+00:00

I'd like to know what the default text format encoding is for MS-Notepad; is it:

  1. ANSI
  2. Unicode
  3. Unicode big endian
  4. UTF-8

Which of these four is it? Thanks in advance for your support.

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-02-20T06:03:35+00:00

    Hi Ahmad,

    When saving text files using Notepad, the default text encoding format is set to ANSI. On the other hand, if you open a text file on a computer that's using a different encoding, the computer displays whatever the character corresponds to. A character encoding is a system that pairs each character in a supported character set with some value that represents that character. Thus, selecting appropriate encoding format is considered before saving the file.

    Let us know should you need further assistance.

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