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    • Patrick PhillipsP
      Patrick Phillips
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      I am currently on version 8.6.8 of Notepad++ after recent update.
      Problems is, when I open a file with extended character files that have box shapes, such as U+2554 with Courier New, copy the character and now paste it into the same file, it displays as a question mark.
      Given I have not changed any preferences, I don’t know why this is now not working.
      Note: the existing box characters are still displayed as before.

      Regards Patrick

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      • mkupperM
        mkupper @Patrick Phillips
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        @Patrick-Phillips, are you dealing with text files encoded in Code page 437? Most of the forms of encoding of “extended character files” do not contain the box drawing characters.

        If so, select Encoding / Character sets / Western European / OEM-US and see if that improves the situation for you.

        Either way, I believe we will need more data to reproduce/understand what is happening.

        If you copy/paste ╔ (that’s a U+2554) that is visible in Notepad++ to another part of the same file does it display as ╔?

        If you copy/paste a ╔ from right here in the forums into Notepad++ does it display as ╔?

        If the answer is “yes” to both of those then please provide an example of a source for a ╔ that does not paste as ╔ into Notepad++.

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        • Patrick PhillipsP
          Patrick Phillips @mkupper
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          @mkupper Thankyou for your response.
          I have now resolved the problem. In my Global Styles, the Font Style had been changed to Courier. Once I changed this to Arial, it all worked as previously.
          What I don’t know is what changed it away what it was previously? The only thing to change on my Windows 10 was to install the new Microsoft font set which includes Aptos. Apart from this, I made no changes to my text files or to Notepad++ settings for maybe years. So, was it related to a version change in Notepad++ or the font change to Windows?
          I may never know.

          Regards Patrick

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