Albert A. Modderkolk: >>> Is there a tool that converts, for example, the u-umlaut into the ü >>> symbol? Tim: >> If you mean within HTML files, you can use HTML tidy and specify options >> about input and output encoding. Though, in this day and age, we've >> probably got to the stage where you're better off using UTF-8, rather >> than entities. Dotan Cohen: > I second that. Set your locale to utf-8 and enjoy all it's benefits. Yes, definitely. The HTML &entity; scheme is only usable in HTML, and HTML-like formats. UTF-8 can be used in many more formats. -- (Currently testing FC5, but still running FC4, if that's important.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.