Do not use special characters.
| Type & position: | switch, preamble |
| Syntax: | !no_8bit [<abbreviations>] |
| Description: | Switches off the usage of German umlauts. Umlauts are then replaced by ae, oe, ue, ss, Ae, Oe and Ue. The example shows how to switch it off when converting to a manualpage. |
| Example: | !no_8bit [man] |
| See also: | Special characters, !no_umlaute |