title: Powershell keeps converting to ascii
body: <p>I've followed the guide here: <a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2009/05/14/how-can-i-use-windows-powershell-to-look-for-and-replace-a-word-in-a-microsoft-word-document.aspx" rel="nofollow">Use Windows PowerShell to Look for and Replace a Word in a Microsoft Word Document</a></p>
  
  <p>My problem is that if I put a UTF8 string into the search filed it gets converted to ASCII before going into the word application.</p>
  
  <p>If you simply copy and paste his code and change the find text to something like Japanese: カルシウム</p>
  
  <p>It will go into work and search for the ascii equivalent: ã‚«ãƒ«ã‚·ã‚¦ãƒ </p>
  
  <p>I have tried every suggestion about setting input and output to UTF8 that I can find but nothing seems to be working. I can't even get the powershell console to actually display Japanese characters, all I get are boxes. I think that might have something to do with the fact that I only have 3 fonts and perhaps none of them can display the Japanese characters in the console...but I don't care about that, I want to be able to send the Japanese characters in UTF8 for the find and replace.</p>
  
  <p>Any Help?</p>