Error parsing XML file

Hi Everyone:
When I wrote a java class to parse an XML file,
I got this strange error:
"Unconvertible UTF-8 character beginning with 0x97" (line number may be too low)."
I am using the XMLReaderImpl provided by appache, here is how i wrap it
String READER = "org.apache.crimson.parser.XMLReaderImpl"
XMLReader reader = XMLReaderFactory.createXMLReader(READER)
reader.parse(xmlFile);
now I copied and paste my xmlfile from Word doc to notepad, and then rename it as an XML file, does this have anything to do with the error i am getting, please let me know,,
Thanks,

Okay...I am replying my own thread..this is odd...
but i found the solution to it...
if you are editing your xml in a notepad or other text editor, remember to change the encoding from ansi to utf when you save it. That is all you need to do.
You don't actually need to specify the encoding scheme in your xml doc, it is utf by default...hope this helps, so someone else won't run into the same problem
cheers, everybody

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