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MuffinMama
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

Excel File Displaying Chinese Characters.

Hi All. I have a file that I edited yesterday that is now appearing online as chinese characters. If I select the cell, the correct/English version of the word appears, but not when displayed. All ot...
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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    2 years ago
    MuffinMama wrote:

    I have a file that I edited yesterday that is now appearing online as chinese characters. If I select the cell, the correct/English version of the word appears, but not when displayed.

    Those aren't Chinese characters.

     

    This is a Microsoft issue, unrelated to Dropbox, and it's a problem with the font you're using. Change it to something other than Arial and the issue will likely go away. If you search Google you'll find many people experiencing this issue while using the web version of Office that have reported it to Microsoft.

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gcolinet
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Hi, it's seems it affects only thé file we are working with at the moment. It's a txt file created within Dropbox relating our trip day per day. It was written was the correct caracters but suddenly, thé french accented caracters were replaced by asian caracters. If I write something now in thé same file, it's correct.
Sée exemple below.
Problem with table code caracter
RANDO au Mont BATUR se lever tr猫s t么t 脿 1:45 .Hiru vient nous chercher 脿 2h30
6 km400 en 3h45 avec des arr锚ts et le stop au lever du soleil .
Au d茅part une petite bouteille d'eau. Et en haut 1 Pain au chocolat 4 bananes et 2 艙ufs.
Rentr茅s 脿 9 00
Piscine et resto Bale Udang Mang Engkink. Taxi. 200R puis 2 aller retour.Très bel endroit grand plutôt pour des cars
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Walter
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2 years ago

Hi gcolinet, thanks for clarifying that for us.

 

Could you also let us know the file's exact type and send us a screenshot of how it looks on your end so that we can have a visual too?

 

Does the file preview correctly if you download it from the website and open it locally on your device(s)? 

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