RE: Deleting diacritics from records

[zoltan dot tomory at mobot dot org]

Hi Amy,

Years ago I authored a simple conversion tool geared specifically at the
OCLC/ALA character set. If this is or may be what you are dealing with, I am
happy to supply it for free. (existing technology that does not spend
resources I do not have is free)

I will be out of the office for a week & checked my email to get a document
to help honor a commitment to my son's cub scouts. If you find another
solution in the meantime, more power to you--this is a great list! Otherwise
launch an email at me or the list on 18 OCT.

Originally, this tool started life as something to print cards & pockets
using only ASCII, ignoring diacrits and replacing things like the "a e
ellision" or the "thorn" with characters from the standard ASCII character
set. Over the years this routine has been

Good luck!

Zoltan Tomory
Technical Services Librarian
Missouri Botanical Garden

314.577.5157

zoltan dot tomory at mobot dot org


-----Original Message-----
From: Amy Wood [mailto:wood at crl dot edu]
Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 12:44 PM
To: innopac at innopacusers dot org
Subject: Deleting diacritics from records


How can I output bibliographic information from the OPAC to a Microsoft
product with the diacritics either appearing as the proper diacritic or
stripped out of the text.  When we Output fields from records using a
management list and FTS, and open the resulting file in either Microsoft
Word, Excel, or Access all of the diacritics appear as numbers within
curly brackets {1;23}.  We would like to create lists of our records for
various reasons and can't generate a usable list.  I have tried "find
and replace" programs, but I never seem to get a clean file.  If the
file is very large, it takes forever to process.

Thanks,

amy

--
This message was distributed through the Innovative Users Group INNOPAC list
Public replies:  INNOPAC at innopacusers dot org
Update your subscription options:
http://innopacusers.org/mailman/listinfo/innopac


--- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts ---
multipart/alternative
  text/plain (text body -- kept)
  text/html
---