Hi Chong, Tks for your advice. Is it following packages - libtext-iconv-perl - python2.3-iconvcodec - snip - > I usually use iconv: > > Basic usage: > iconv -f from_encoding -t to_encoding file What is it for? Is it from Chinese to Japanese/Arabic/Indonesian/etc. and vice versa > Big5 to UTF-8: > iconv -f big5 -t utf8 input.txt > output.txt e.g. File to be encoded = AAA.doc (Big5) Output file = BBB.doc (utf8) Whether to run iconv -f big5 -t utf8 AAA.doc > BBB.doc TIA B.R. Stephen > Big5 to GB18030: > iconv -f big5 -t gb18030 input.txt > output.txt