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--- any2utf8:howto [2024/03/07 12:44] – eros
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 Any2UTF8 is a simple tool to convert plain text file in any character encoding to UTF8.
-The program automatically detects the character encoding of the source file and converts it to UTF8.
+==== Download ====
+The latest version is 1.1 (released on March 8th, 2024) is available on the official website: https://any2utf8.dipintra.it/
+==== What the app does ====
+The app automatically detects the character encoding of the source file and converts it to UTF8.
 It is also possibile to perform batch conversions of entire folders containing files in mixed encodings, the encoding of each file will be detected and converted to UTF8, if a file is already in UTF8 it will not be converted.
-===== Download =====
+Files that are not plain text will be skipped (i.e. Word and PDF files will not be converted, but XML and HTML files will be).
-The latest version is 1.0, released on March 6th, 2024 from the official website: https://any2utf8.dipintra.it/
+**NB**: batch conversion is **recursive**, which means that all files in the subfolders will be converted too, and the folder structure of the source folder will be recreated.
 ==== How to use the command-line version (advanced users) ====