--- title: "Export file encoding looks wrong in spreadsheets" url: "https://demo.myforumcat.com/q/19/export-file-encoding-looks-wrong-in-spreadsheets" forum: "Demo" question_number: 19 category: "General" tags: ["Search", "Permissions"] status: "closed" solved: false votes: 5 replies: 0 views: 223 asked_at: "2026-05-21T21:50:41.323Z" updated_at: "2026-09-18T23:15:18.047Z" --- # Export file encoding looks wrong in spreadsheets Asked by Jane Cooper on 2026-05-21 ยท 5 votes Special characters in customer names show up garbled when we open the export file. It looks like an encoding mismatch. ## 0 replies No replies yet