Fix garbled message text

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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
  • convert to big5 from UTF-8: available Icon_exclaim.gif the wording may be changed by the software ex: 余美人 -> 於美人
  • allow to wrap long text: available

EmEditor v.14.3.1 ($)

Google Chrome v.10 (viewer)

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

MadEdit v.0.2.9.1

  • choose encode: manually and auto-detect Good.gif
  • 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)

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

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