Exporting files with and without UTF-8 encoding

Historically, web browsers were not able to display different character sets in a single HTML document. For example, Chinese text and English text could not be displayed on the same page because web browsers weren't capable of displaying different character sets in a single document.

UTF-8, which stands for Universal Character Set Transformation Format-8, is a text-encoding method that allows web browsers to display different character sets on the same HTML page. Fireworks allows you to export HTML with UTF-8 encoding.

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Fireworks can also import documents that use UTF-8 encoding. For more information, see Creating Fireworks PNG files from HTML files.

In Fireworks, UTF-8 encoding is turned on by default so that any HTML document you export can display characters from multiple character sets. You can turn off UTF-8 encoding, if you prefer.

To export documents without UTF-8 encoding:

Select File > HTML Setup.
On the Document Specific tab, clear the UTF-8 encoding box and click OK.

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For more information on HTML setup options, see Setting HTML export options.
Export your document using any of the methods available for exporting or copying HTML. For information about the various ways you can export and copy HTML from Fireworks, see Exporting HTML.