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Issues with opening DBF (dBase) file in Excel

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    EuroMaverick
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    Issues with opening DBF (dBase) file in Excel

    Hello people,

    I'm pretty sure this question has been asked before a couple of times, but I
    cannot find information on this, so please forgive my ignorance:

    When I open a DBF-file into Excel, it simply opens right away without any
    issues at all. However, all special characters from the DBF-file (e.g. "ë")
    have been transformed to something different that cannot be used in Excel.

    How can I easily convert this back or even better avoid getting them by
    opening a DBF-file ?

    Many thanks in advance for any reply !

    Benoit Somers.


  2. #2
    Doug Kanter
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    Re: Issues with opening DBF (dBase) file in Excel

    I'd begin by running charmap.exe Character Map, and seeing if the font
    you're using in Excel contains those characters. If not, switch to another
    font that does.


    "EuroMaverick" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > Hello people,
    >
    > I'm pretty sure this question has been asked before a couple of times, but
    > I
    > cannot find information on this, so please forgive my ignorance:
    >
    > When I open a DBF-file into Excel, it simply opens right away without any
    > issues at all. However, all special characters from the DBF-file (e.g.
    > "ë")
    > have been transformed to something different that cannot be used in Excel.
    >
    > How can I easily convert this back or even better avoid getting them by
    > opening a DBF-file ?
    >
    > Many thanks in advance for any reply !
    >
    > Benoit Somers.
    >




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