My text file import is giving a "utf-8 encoding" error message
Lute can only import utf-8 encoded text files.1
Your file may already be in utf-8 encoding, but if not, you'll need to first convert it.
I don't know of all of the options available, but here are some suggestions:
- https://subtitletools.com/convert-text-files-to-utf8-online
- if using Microsoft Word, you can export your file, but you have to choose "other encoding" and then unicode (utf-8). See e.g. https://support.3playmedia.com/hc/en-us/articles/227730088-Exporting-a-UTF-8-txt-file-from-Word
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-8: "UTF-8 is a variable-length character encoding standard used for electronic communication." It defines how characters are actually written to disk, essentially. ↩