> Started following web-page > http://tw.reg.yahoo.com/config/agree?from=http%3a%2f%2fedit.tpe.yahoo.com%2fconfig%2fmail%3f.intl%3dtw > > Copied and pasted 1st paragraph to > > 1) Kedit > and save it as /user/twyahoo.txt > 2) OOo > and save it as /user/twyaoo.doc and /user/twyaoo.sxw > respectively > (remark: both as unformatted text) > > Reopened them > 1) twyahoo.txt, reading only codes - ??????????? > 2) No problem on both formats, .doc and .sxw, still > reading the pasted text correctly. This steps work for me as well. From the descriptions, I think it is because you may changed the encoding in KDE in RH8 so that it keeps the set encoding. Please add a new user (so that you have a fresh .kde) and try again. Or rename your ~/.kde to ~/.kde.bak and test. Cheers, Leon