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webpages saved as a text file have odd punctuation characters

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when I save a webpage using text file as the "save as type" the file is strewn with what looks like odd punctuation characters. I dont have this problem with IE.

when I save a webpage using text file as the "save as type" the file is strewn with what looks like odd punctuation characters. I dont have this problem with IE.

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cor-el
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Firefox may be saving the file a Unicode (UTF-8), so make you that you select the correct encoding when you open the file with another program (editor).