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| The **character encoding** of a layer determines how text appears in its column data, particularly characters from many Asian languages or certain European languages. Some data files do not contain any identifying information about the character encoding they use, which can result in garbled text being visible in the GIS Editor's [[View Data]] and [[Edit Data]] windows, in labels drawn on the map, and in other places. If you find numerous characters missing or replaced by nonsensical characters in your data, you can try changing the layer's encoding to see if that corrects the problem. | The **character encoding** of a layer determines how text appears in its column data, particularly characters from many Asian languages or certain European languages. Some data files do not contain any identifying information about the character encoding they use, which can result in garbled text being visible in the GIS Editor's [[View Data]] and [[Edit Data]] windows, in labels drawn on the map, and in other places. If you find numerous characters missing or replaced by nonsensical characters in your data, you can try changing the layer's encoding to see if that corrects the problem. | ||
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