Fix garbled message text

Ideas on how to fix garbled message text

1. Choose the correct the language/encode of message text or auto detect the encode by tools
2. (optional) convert the current encode to UTF-8
3. (optional) Making text wrap to window size

Ways to fix garbled message text

ConvertZ v.8.02

• choose encode: manually (mainly in Asia language)
• convert to UTF-8: available
• allow to wrap long text: available

EmEditor v.10.0.0 ($)

• choose encode: manually and auto-detect
• convert to UTF-8: available
• allow to wrap long text: available

Google Chrome v.10 (viewer)

• choose encode: manually and auto-detect
• allow to wrap long text: available (auto)

MadEdit v.0.2.9.1

• choose encode: manually and auto-detect
• convert to UTF-8: available
• allow to wrap long text: available

Microsoft Internet Explorer v.8 (viewer)

• choose encode: manually and auto-detect
• allow to wrap long text:

Microsoft notepad (記事本) for Windows

method 1: Err: 解決用記事本(notepad)開啟簡體字txt檔，出現亂碼的問題(2010): notepad + Notepad++

• choose encode: manually
• convert to UTF-8: available by Notepad++
• allow to wrap long text: available

method 2: Microsoft AppLocale 公用程式(patched: piaip pAppLocale) + notepad

• choose encode: manually
• convert to UTF-8: not available
• allow to wrap long text: available

Microsoft Office Word 2003 ($)

• choose encode: manually
• convert to UTF-8: available
• allow to wrap long text: available

Mozilla Firefox v.3.6 (viewer)

• choose encode: manually and auto-detect
• allow to wrap long text: no but you can copy the following code into the web address bar to wrap long text (Thanks, Return of the Sasquatch: word wrap for Firefox bookmarklet!)

javascript:(function() { var D = document; F(D.body); function F(n) { var u, r, c, x; if (n.nodeType == 3) { u = n.data.search(/\S{45}/); if (u >= 0) { r = n.splitText(u + 45); n.parentNode.insertBefore(D.createElement('wbr'), r); } } else if ((n.tagName != 'STYLE') && (n.tagName != 'SCRIPT')) { for (c = 0; x = n.childNodes[c]; ++c) { F(x); } } } D.body.innerHTML += ' '; })();

Notepad++ v.5.8

• choose encode: manually
• convert to UTF-8: available
• allow to wrap long text: available

not supported at this moment

• LibreOffice 3.3.0 - Writer
• OpenOffice.org 3.3.0 - Writer is not supported but OpenOffice.org Calc is supported.

further reading

• Character encoding - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia