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How can I edit Unicode text in Notepad++?

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Mar 15, 2026180674 views
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Sometimes I edit English text that includes Unicode characters. For some reason, on my PC, Notepad++ converts Unicode characters to ???'s thereby corrupting the text and losing all that data. I'm looking for a way to edit such text, while preserving Unicode characters. I'm using Consolas as my Font…

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If the file is actually encoded in Unicode, Notepad++ should detect it automatically. The Consolas font works well for me. You can try one of these two menu options: Encoding -> Encode in UTF-8 Encoding -> Convert to UTF-8 I'm pretty sure the first …

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