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When you are authoring a Web page, you can specify the encoding (encoding: The byte (or sequence of bytes) representing each character in an HTML or plain text file. Unicode encoding supports all characters in all languages and is readable in Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or later and Netscape Navigator 4.0 or later.) that a Web browser (browser: Software that interprets HTML files, formats them into Web pages, and displays them. A Web browser, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer, can follow hyperlinks, transfer files, and play sound or video files that are embedded in Web pages.) will use to display the page.

1. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the General tab.
2. Click Web Options, and then click the Encoding tab.
3. Do one of the following:

   • To specify the language encoding that Microsoft Word uses to display the page if the page is not already displayed in the correct language encoding, click the language you want in the Reload the current document as list. This setting is also used when loading subsequent pages if the language encoding cannot be determined.

   • To specify the language encoding for saving the page, click the language you want in the Save this document as list.

 Notes 

To save your pages in a default language encoding, select the Always save Web pages in the default encoding check box. This setting affects the current page and future pages that you save. This setting is useful if you reuse pages from other sources and want to store every page in one encoding.

If you're working with a Single File Web Page (Single File Web Page (MHTML): An HTML document saved in MHTML format, which integrates inline graphics, applets, linked documents, and other supporting items referenced in the document.) and you select an encoding that does not display properly in Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or 5.0, Word saves files with US-ASCII encoding.