Special character printing in xml reports

Hello,
When i am trying to print euro symbol in xml report, i am getting some '?' symbol instead of euro symbol.
Need your suggestion here what extra tags we need to use for the same.
I have designed rtf file and inserted euro symbol using word doc.
Thanks,
Amar

In Report properties at XML prolog Value field change to below code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252"?>
or try like below
copy contents to BI Publisher Desktop\Template Builder for Word\fonts in your <oracle_home>\lib\fonts
Regards,
Ajay Reddy
Edited by: user13259014 on Feb 23, 2011 12:06 PM

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