The character set of a document is determined in part by the language it is written in. With this page, you can override Netscape 1.1's default character set setting for a document, set of documents, or directory by selecting a resource and entering a character set for that resource below.

Netscape Navigator versions 1.1 and above are able to change their character set (if the character set is available) using the MIME Charset parameter in HTTP. If the server includes this parameter in its response, Netscape Navigator will change its character set appropriately. For example:

The charset names recognized by Netscape Navigator 1.1 are specified in RFC 1700 (except for the names that begin with "x-".) These include:

Additionally, the following aliases are recognized for us-ascii:

And the following aliases for iso_8859-1:

To change the character set for a particular part of your server, choose the resource you want to change the character set of, and enter one of the above values for the character set to use.