This section provides a tutorial example on how to open a UTF-8 text file with Word correctly by selecting the Unicode (UTF-8) encoding option on the File Conversion dialog box.
Let's try to use Word to open the UTF-8 text file, hello.utf-8, created from the previous chapter first.
1. Run Word and click menu File > Open. The Open file dialog box comes up.
2. Select the hello.utf-8 text file and click the Open button.
The File Conversion dialog box comes up automatically.
Word detected the encoding to be "Unicode (UTF-8)" and suggests you to use it to read the text file.
See the correct text in the preview section in the picture below:
3. Click the OK button. My UTF-8 text file opens in Word correctly.
Very nice. This proves that Word can open UTF-8 text file correctly if the "Unicode (UTF-8)" encoding option is selected.
If you select a different encoding, like Unicode, the UTF-8 text file will be opened incorrectly.
Try it out yourself.
