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 in red.

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

UTF-8

UTF-8 is the most widely used character encoding and supports most 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 can be used with data that contains Japanese characters.

Latin1

Latin1 can be used with data that contains characters belonging to one or more Western European languages (e.g., English, French, German).

GBK/GB2312

GBK/GB2312 can be used with data that contains English and/or Simplified Chinese characters.