I am trying to use HTML::TokeParser to convert a .html file with Cyrillic characterset to .txt file. It works, but when I open this (new) file with notepad (or textpad) there is no readable text. When I open the file with MsWord (there is a file-conversion dialog box) as plain text - it's the same situation, but when the Cyrillic encoding is used - it's there (the readable text). what I want is to open this .txt file with notepad and to have that readable text. P.S.I am an absolute beginner in Perl.