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>From: KATHERINE RANKIN <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Problem With Display of Degree Symbols In Innopac
>
>We are an Innovative Inferfaces library, and we are having trouble with
>the way degree symbols display in our public catalog.  I was wondering if
>any other Innovative Interfaces libraries have this problem, and, if so,
>how they have solved it.
>
>When we interface map bibliographic records directly from OCLC, the
>degree symbol has the correct special character code in the Technical
>Services mode, but in the public catalog the degree symbol displays as a
>zer, making 120 degrees look like 1200 degrees
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As far as I know Innovative Interfaces OPACs cannot handle the degree
sign, ASCII {192}. I just edit them out, so, e.g.
 
  Scale 1:4,000,000. 1 cm. = 40 km. ; Conic equal-interval proj.
  (E 190--W 1680/N 860--N 410)
 
appears as
 
  Scale 1:4,000,000. 1 cm. = 40 km. ; Conic equal-interval proj.
  (E 19--W 168/N 86--N 41)
--John
 
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