Convert Document Encoding to UTF-8
Description
Section titled “Description”Rewrites a text file in UTF-8. This is particularly useful if the information source has mixed encodings or other tools don’t support certain encodings.
How It Works
Section titled “How It Works”- The source’s encoding is detected. A UTF-8 file is read as UTF-8, and Windows characters pasted into one — curly quotes from Word or Excel, say — come through intact, however many. A file in another encoding is read in the encoding detected from its first part that isn’t valid UTF-8.
- The text is written unchanged — accented letters, symbols and other characters come through exactly as they were.
- A file whose encoding cannot be detected fails the step, naming the file.
- If the input path does not exist or has no files in it, the step finishes with a warning that names the path and processes nothing, and the workflow continues.
Examples
Section titled “Examples”Select the input file and browse for the file within that location. Select the desired output location, and browse then select the desired location for the file. Save and run.