File Encoding

The recommended (Auto) file encoding for new data files is currently Compressed Unicode (BOCU-1).

For compatibility reasons, you may prefer to explicitly set the default file encoding of your project to one of the following:

New data file encoding

Encoding	Description
Non-Unicode System Default	This option will store the file in system local encoding. This can be more "compact" but does not support rich Unicode content.
Unicode (UTF-8)	This file encoding supports rich Unicode content.
Compressed Unicode (BOCU-1)	Supports rich Unicode content like UTF-8 but takes less space. This is the current (Auto) default.

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To convert to or from Unicode, or between different character encodings, see: Convert File Encoding