# Writing using file node UTF-8, encoding becomes iso-8859

**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/writing-using-file-node-utf-8-encoding-becomes-iso-8859/9114
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**Created:** [18 March 2019 10:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/writing-using-file-node-utf-8-encoding-becomes-iso-8859/9114 "2019-03-18T10:34:54Z")
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### Author: ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [18 March 2019 10:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/writing-using-file-node-utf-8-encoding-becomes-iso-8859/9114/2 "2019-03-18T10:50:22Z")

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> [@mbot](#):
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> Now I hope my first post is correct!

Not quite 🙂 , to make your flow importable you have to follow these instructions:

> [@How to share code or flow json](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-share-code-or-flow-json/506):
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> To share code samples or flow json in this forum, you need to take care to format it properly so that it is displayed correctly. The easiest way to do that is to click the 'Preformatted Text' button in the toolbar: [image] Then paste in your code or flow json. You should end up with three back-tick characters - ``` - on their own line before and after the code. On standard US English keyboards, this is on the same key as the ~ character. Using the backticks will ens…

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