importing foriegn characters

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when importing data from an excel spreadsheet, access is converting foreign
characters to strange symbols ( eg à becomes ├ ).

how can i stop this?
 
texasradio said:
when importing data from an excel spreadsheet, access is converting
foreign characters to strange symbols ( eg à becomes ? ).

how can i stop this?
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Just a guess, you may be using different fonts. Different fonts don't
map all the characters to the same number.
 
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