On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 11:30 PM, shimi <linux...@shimi.net> wrote: > > > 2010/7/31 Ori Idan <o...@helicontech.co.il> > > I have tested google docs with the same file translated using iconv to >> UTF-8 and it works great. >> I still have a problem with excel, my customer claims he can not see the >> hebrew in the file. >> Does someone on this list has access to Excel and can tell me how to tell >> excel the right encoding so it can import the hebrew? >> I myself don't have access to Exccel and thus can not test it. >> I can send a sample file. >> >> -- >> Ori Idan >> >> > When you import CSV data in Excel through the Text Import Wizard (Data -> > External Data -> From Text) [1], one the options there is to state "File > origin", which is basically a list of all the encodings Windows(R) supports. > If you tell the importer which encoding it is, and he selects the right > option (and of course , I *think* it should work. > > Whoops, premature hit on the "send" button, sorry. Last sentence should have been:
(and of course, the right delimiter options, etc.), I *think* it should work. -- Shimi
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