Zandareagle: Both Notepad and Notepad++ show that the weird characters are already in the text file before you import them into Word. So whatever tool/method you are using to create the text, the problem is not with Word - nor can it be solved by Word. I looked at all the encoding import filters I have in Word and none appeared to result in an import where your weird characters came in correctly.

I recommend you look at changing the tool you are creating the text in. Or perhaps the text file encoding format that the tool is saving the files in. Are you authoring on a Windows machine or something else?

Spillerbd: I've seen in a previous post where an author have complained that Word's responsiveness is slow and that they prefer to type into a text editor because they felt like they saw their typed characters appear on screen faster. In the absence of Zandareagle answering your question, that is my guess as to why they might have chosen this atypical approach to authoring.

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