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December 9, 2020
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Swedish characters åäö won't work with datamerge

  • December 9, 2020
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Hi. 
I'm trying to use datamerge to print out shipping labels, but no mather what encoding I use inDesign can't read the swedish characters åäö. Anybody know what I can do? Hoping for a fast answer since I have to print them tomorrow. 

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Correct answer Manan Joshi

Hi There,

Please try with UTF-16 BE encoding. I tested this for another query posted here and it worked for me.

-Manan

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Manan JoshiCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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December 10, 2020

Hi There,

Please try with UTF-16 BE encoding. I tested this for another query posted here and it worked for me.

-Manan

-Manan
    Studio 1583
    Studio 1583Author
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    December 14, 2020

    That solved it, thanks. 

    Eric Dumas
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    Eric DumasCommunity Expert
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    December 9, 2020

    Can you confirm the exact version of your operating system and software?

    • When you open the csv in Notepad (or TexEdit on Mac), do these character behave as expected?
    • In InDesign, does the font you use support these characters? Have you tried to use the same font as the one used in Excel (or equivalent)?
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