Returns or sets the document encoding (code page or character set) to be used by the Web browser when you view the saved document. The default is the system code page. Read/write .

Syntax

expression.Encoding

expression A variable that represents a DefaultWebOptions object.

Return Value
MsoEncoding

Example

This example checks to see whether the default document encoding is Western, and then it sets the string strDocEncoding accordingly.

Visual Basic for Applications 
If Application.DefaultWebOptions.Encoding = msoEncodingWestern Then strDocEncoding = "Western" Else strDocEncoding = "Other" End If

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