Outlook 2007 displaying special characters

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What do I need to change in Outlook 2007 to have it display special
characters correctly and not display random characters such as ß for the
German "sz"?
 
In general you don't have to change anything for that. You might want to
check if the Encoding is set correctly for that message;
Double click the message to open it-> Other Actions-> Encoding-> Western
European (Windows)
 
The Encoding is set to Western European (Windows) and Outlook doesn't display
the special characters.
--
Karl


Roady said:
In general you don't have to change anything for that. You might want to
check if the Encoding is set correctly for that message;
Double click the message to open it-> Other Actions-> Encoding-> Western
European (Windows)

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


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Karl said:
What do I need to change in Outlook 2007 to have it display special
characters correctly and not display random characters such as ß for the
German "sz"?
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It sounds like the "ß" got converted then already before Outlook receives
it.
Does it show correctly when you look at the message in your webbased
mailbox?
If yes and if you also have a virus scanner that integrates with Outlook,
disable this integration and try again.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


-----

Karl said:
The Encoding is set to Western European (Windows) and Outlook doesn't
display
the special characters.
--
Karl


Roady said:
In general you don't have to change anything for that. You might want to
check if the Encoding is set correctly for that message;
Double click the message to open it-> Other Actions-> Encoding-> Western
European (Windows)

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


-----

Karl said:
What do I need to change in Outlook 2007 to have it display special
characters correctly and not display random characters such as ß for
the
German "sz"?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Dear Roady,

MSN Hotmail displays the characters correctly.

Turning off the virus and spyware components of Windows Live OneCare did not
solve the problem if Outlook 2007.

I didn't have this problem with the earlier version of Outlook.
--
Karl


Roady said:
It sounds like the "ß" got converted then already before Outlook receives
it.
Does it show correctly when you look at the message in your webbased
mailbox?
If yes and if you also have a virus scanner that integrates with Outlook,
disable this integration and try again.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


-----

Karl said:
The Encoding is set to Western European (Windows) and Outlook doesn't
display
the special characters.
--
Karl


Roady said:
In general you don't have to change anything for that. You might want to
check if the Encoding is set correctly for that message;
Double click the message to open it-> Other Actions-> Encoding-> Western
European (Windows)

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

-----

What do I need to change in Outlook 2007 to have it display special
characters correctly and not display random characters such as ß for
the
German "sz"?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Are you using the MSN Outlook Connector to connect to Hotmail or the default
HTTP connection? If the latter I suggest you use the Outlook Connector
instead.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


-----

Karl said:
Dear Roady,

MSN Hotmail displays the characters correctly.

Turning off the virus and spyware components of Windows Live OneCare did
not
solve the problem if Outlook 2007.

I didn't have this problem with the earlier version of Outlook.
--
Karl


Roady said:
It sounds like the "ß" got converted then already before Outlook receives
it.
Does it show correctly when you look at the message in your webbased
mailbox?
If yes and if you also have a virus scanner that integrates with Outlook,
disable this integration and try again.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


-----

Karl said:
The Encoding is set to Western European (Windows) and Outlook doesn't
display
the special characters.
--
Karl


:

In general you don't have to change anything for that. You might want
to
check if the Encoding is set correctly for that message;
Double click the message to open it-> Other Actions-> Encoding->
Western
European (Windows)

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

-----

What do I need to change in Outlook 2007 to have it display special
characters correctly and not display random characters such as ß
for
the
German "sz"?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 

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