How do I specify character encoding when exporting data to a file?

Article Number:040169

When exporting or importing files, you may be required to specify the character encoding.

Screenshot: The "Export to file" screen. The "Character encoding" selection area is outlined

If you are not sure which character encoding you should use, refer to the following information.

UTF-8

UTF-8 is a character encoding used to represent different characters of different languages.

UTF-8 with BOM

UTF-8 with BOM should be specified when you want to use an exported file with an application like Excel.

Shift-JIS

Shift-JIS is a character encoding used to represent Japanese characters.

Latin1

Latin1 is a character encoding used to represent the Western European languages, including English, French, and German.

GBK/GB2312

GBK/GB2312 is a character encoding used to represent characters in Simplified Chinese and English.