<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Hi,<div>You can change the character encoding.</div><div><br></div><div>See <a href="https://docs.qgis.org/3.16/en/docs/user_manual/managing_data_source/opening_data.html#loading-a-layer-from-a-file">https://docs.qgis.org/3.16/en/docs/user_manual/managing_data_source/opening_data.html#loading-a-layer-from-a-file</a><br><br><div dir="ltr">Nicolas Cadieux<div><a href="https://gitlab.com/njacadieux">https://gitlab.com/njacadieux</a></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">Le 11 mai 2021 à 22:25, boxerg@iinet.net.au a écrit :<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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