Look, I tried and tried, I searched the web for some way to learn how to use these tools, but I'm giving up, I'll use Notepad ++ myself. Before I used Dreanweaver and I never had that problem.
I always use UTF-8 both in file creation and in html
Just to note notepad ++ does not "spoil" the file.
I've always worked with UTF-8 on dreanweaver I want to use Netbeans or Eclipse, but it's impossible.