title: How Force ANSI Encoding in Notepad
body: <p><strong>Notepad has an option to save as ANSI, but it does not seem to work, at least not in the versions I have tried, see below.</strong>  </p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/BjJHS.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/BjJHS.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>When I choose this option Unicode code points are still rendered, not ANSI.  The option seems pretty intuitive.  Am I misunderstanding how this is supposed to work?  Do I need to do something else first?</p>
  
  <p>For example, if I paste the following text into Notepad, with the <strong>save as ANSI</strong> option selected in Notepad, Unicode Code Points like curvy quotes are rendered anyway.  </p>
  
  <pre><code>1.  This is a – long dash
  2.  “Smart Quotes”
  3.  ‘Smart Quotes’
  
  •   Copyright symbol © 
  •   Fraction ¾
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The functionality I am looking for does exist in other text editors, eg, Notepad++.  I would like for the text to appear like this: </p>
  
  <pre><code>1.  This is a â€“ long dash
  2.  â€œSmart Quotesâ€
  3.  â€˜Smart Quotesâ€™
  
  â€¢ Copyright symbol Â© 
  â€¢ Fraction Â¾
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The above was achieved by switching encoding in Notepad++
  <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/xOoie.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/xOoie.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>Note: I only show Notepad++ as an example of how I think this Notepad should (used to?) work.  Unfortunately I am stuck with Notepad.</p>
  
  <p><strong><em>Edit</em></strong>
  I would also be ok with question mark replacements, something like:</p>
  
  <pre><code>1.  This is a ?? long dash
  2.  ??Smart Quotes??
  3.  ??˜Smart Quotes??
  
  ??   Copyright symbol ??
  ??   Fraction ??
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I believe the above is how Notepad used to work.</p>