Document.TextEncoding property (Word)

Returns or sets the code page, or character set, that Microsoft Word uses for a document saved as an encoded text file. Read/write MsoEncoding.

Syntax

expression. TextEncoding

expression Required. A variable that represents a Document object.

Remarks

The TextEncoding property sets text encoding separately from HTML encoding, which you can set using the Encoding property. To set text encoding for all documents saved as text files, use the DefaultTextEncoding property.

Example

This example sets the text encoding for the active document to Japanese if it is saved as a text file.

Sub EncodeText() 
 ActiveDocument.TextEncoding = msoEncodingJapaneseShiftJIS 
End Sub

See also

Document Object

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