Package inputenc Error: Unicode char \u8 in RStudio

Question

In RStudio, when i go for convert my Markdown file to PDF then it gives me the error:

output file: report.knit.md

! Package inputenc Error

Answer 1

I had the same problem, but with a very long document. Rather than manually split the document to find the offending non-utf8 text, I found this solution (for users of RStudio), saving the document in the utf8 format, worked a treat and saved lots of time:

• in Rstudio
• from the menu choose "File" > "Save with encoding..."
• from the dialog box choose "UTF-8"

Here are the original links:

• https://shiny.rstudio.com/articles/unicode.html
• https://github.com/rstudio/rmarkdown/issues/339