UTF-8 Tool

When having to deal with UTF-8 plain text, you might need a character set converter to change the encoding format. There are various online tools that can help you in this matter, but if you are looking for an offline solution, UTF-8 tool might be of help.

This particular application is capable of converting a text from UTF-8 to the ANSI codeset and viceversa, with or without prefix. This is due to the fact that the Unicode system includes correspondents for a wider range of symbols, in the attempt to cover all the writing systems in the world.

UTF-8 tool features a simple interface with straightforward and accessible options, which makes it very easy to work with. Most of the window is occupied by the log area, which shows you each performed action and the duration of the conversion process.

Your only task is to browse for the text file you want the application to process and choose the conversion direction, either from UTF-8 to ANSI or the other way around. Moreover, UTF-8 tool enables you to insert a UTF-8 prefix or remove it.

Depending on the contents of the input file, the conversion takes more or less time to finish, but you can pause it anytime you want. The application can be instructed to automatically close once the operation is completed.

UTF-8 tool can modify the character encoding of a text document, switching between UTF-8 and ANSI. Thanks to the user-friendly GUI, using it is very easy and does not require advanced computer knowledge. Unfortunately, it does not offer support for other encoding formats.