title: How can I determine the character encoding of an excel file?
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    <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4221176/excel-to-csv-with-utf8-encoding">Excel to CSV with UTF8 encoding</a>  </p>
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  <p>Scenario: I have an excel file containing a large amount of global customer data.  I do not know what encoding was used when the file was created.</p>
  
  <p>Question: How can I determine the character encoding used in the excel file so I can import it correctly into another piece of software?</p>