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Importing special characters
Author: Kerim    Posted: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 13:35:22 -0500
I am trying to import references that I copied from a web site and that I put to the right tagged format so the reference manager can recognize the fields. It works great, except for one problem: Special characters, such as >=3D (greater than or equal to) (=B3) fail = to import from the text file. The fact that RM uses a text file to import references, and that, plain text files can not handle such characters spoils those characters. Can anyone suggest a way to do it, other than manually pasting those characters to RM? Thanks, Sibel

Re: Importing special characters
Author: Finn Hansson    Posted: Tue, 03 Jun 2003 11:37:50 +0200
Kerims problem is not restricted to only some special characters - Reference Manager is not able to handle traditional scandinavan and european signs like ø,å,æ,ü,ä in the import-export filter. The first import of these signs from an outside source works but if you want to mpve some references to somebody else using EXPORT refereneces and the IMPORT references as text files all theses special signs are spoiled completely. It seems to be a problem that Reference Manager cannot handle normal 8-bit character sets following international standards but have some probably old 7-bit signs table somewhere - And we have no way of choosing between different character sets for encoding a text file in the Export or Import user interface. This is a clear deficit in the Reference Manager program - and we can only hope it will be fixed soon (or we will have to move to some other platform taht can handle these signs). Finn Hansson Copenhagen Business School Kerim wrote: > I am trying to import references that I copied from a web site and > that I put to the right tagged format so the reference manager can > recognize the fields. It works great, except for one problem: > > Special characters, such as >=3D (greater than or equal to) (=B3) fail > = to import from the text file. The fact that RM uses a text file to > import references, and that, plain text files can not handle such > characters spoils those characters. > > Can anyone suggest a way to do it, other than manually pasting those > characters to RM? > > Thanks, > > Sibel >

Re: Importing special characters
Author: Sarah Cage    Posted: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 09:42:01 +0100
You could do a search and replace the special characters with something which doesn't occur anywhere else in the text (e.g. xxx), import them into RM and then do a global edit in the relevant field (edit - find/repkace) on the imported batch. I realise this is still time-consuming, but better than manually editing each occurrence Hope this works Sarah Cage Scientific Information Specialist National Poisons Information Service (Birmingham Centre) UK e-mail: /> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kerim" /> > To: /> > Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 7:35 PM > Subject: <RefMan> Importing special characters > > > > > > I am trying to import references that I copied from a web site and > > that I > > put to the right tagged format so the reference manager can > > recognize the > > fields. It works great, except for one problem: > > > > Special characters, such as >=3D (greater than or equal to) (=B3) > > fail = > to > > import from the text file. The fact that RM uses a text file to > > import references, and that, plain text files can not handle such > > characters > spoils > > those characters. > > > > > > Can anyone suggest a way to do it, other than manually pasting those > > characters to RM? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Sibel > > >

Re: Importing special characters
Author: Jfwoodru    Posted: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 11:00:24 -0500
Have you put in an enhancement request to ISI about this? It would be worth their while to fix it. on 06/03/2003 04:37:50 AM Please respond to /> To: cc: (bcc: Jeanie F. Woodruff/MDACC) Subject: Re: <RefMan> Importing special characters Kerims problem is not restricted to only some special characters - Reference Manager is not able to handle traditional scandinavan and european signs like ?,?,?,?,? in the import-export filter. The first import of these signs from an outside source works but if you want to mpve some references to somebody else using EXPORT refereneces and the IMPORT references as text files all theses special signs are spoiled completely. It seems to be a problem that Reference Manager cannot handle normal 8-bit character sets following international standards but have some probably old 7-bit signs table somewhere - And we have no way of choosing between different character sets for encoding a text file in the Export or Import user interface. This is a clear deficit in the Reference Manager program - and we can only hope it will be fixed soon (or we will have to move to some other platform taht can handle these signs). Finn Hansson Copenhagen Business School Kerim wrote: > I am trying to import references that I copied from a web site and > that I put to the right tagged format so the reference manager can > recognize the fields. It works great, except for one problem: > > Special characters, such as >=3D (greater than or equal to) (=B3) fail > = to import from the text file. The fact that RM uses a text file to > import references, and that, plain text files can not handle such > characters spoils those characters. > > Can anyone suggest a way to do it, other than manually pasting those > characters to RM? > > Thanks, > > Sibel >

RE: Importing special characters
Author: Suat Tuzgöl    Posted: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 19:27:08 +0200
Hi Finn/Kerim, If you prepared your own import filter from scratch, you probably forgot to check the "contains ANSI characters" field in the "Text Styles Tab". You should open the filter with the Import Filter Editor and see whether this is the case. To Finn: If you do an export, open your exported text file in Windows Wordpad as "Text Documents - MS-DOS Format (*.txt)". Than immediately "File-Save As" and choose "Text Documents. All disappeared extended characters will re-appear and you will be able to import these characters correctly, if the filter you use has "contains ANSI characters" field checked. Best regards, Suat Tuzgöl DISC BV * P.O. Box 423 | 2100 AK Heemstede, The Netherlands Ph +31 (0)23 547 1855 | Fax +31 (0)23 547 1859 Email /> http://www.ResearchSoftware.nl/ -----Original Message----- From: On Behalf Of Finn Hansson Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 11:38 AM To: /> Subject: Re: <RefMan> Importing special characters Kerims problem is not restricted to only some special characters - Reference Manager is not able to handle traditional scandinavan and european signs like ø,å,æ,ü,ä in the import-export filter. The first import of these signs from an outside source works but if you want to mpve some references to somebody else using EXPORT refereneces and the IMPORT references as text files all theses special signs are spoiled completely. It seems to be a problem that Reference Manager cannot handle normal 8-bit character sets following international standards but have some probably old 7-bit signs table somewhere - And we have no way of choosing between different character sets for encoding a text file in the Export or Import user interface. This is a clear deficit in the Reference Manager program - and we can only hope it will be fixed soon (or we will have to move to some other platform taht can handle these signs). Finn Hansson Copenhagen Business School Kerim wrote: > I am trying to import references that I copied from a web site and > that I put to the right tagged format so the reference manager can > recognize the fields. It works great, except for one problem: > > Special characters, such as >=3D (greater than or equal to) (=B3) fail > = to import from the text file. The fact that RM uses a text file to > import references, and that, plain text files can not handle such > characters spoils those characters. > > Can anyone suggest a way to do it, other than manually pasting those > characters to RM? > > Thanks, > > Sibel >

RE: Importing special characters
Author: Kerim    Posted: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 23:29:33 -0500
Hi Suat, Unfortunately, "contains ANSI characters" field is checked. The problem is not with RM's ability to handle unusual characters "in" it. The problem is, to import a file, it has to be in plain text format, and plain text format does not support such characters. I used Word XP to copy/paste certain abstracts from a web page. I put them to the proper format and TAG'ed them. But, for RM to get the references right, I had to save the file as "Plain Text". That's were the problem started. Any suggestions? Thanks, Sibel -----Original Message----- From: /> On Behalf Of Suat Tuzgöl Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 12:27 PM To: /> Subject: RE: <RefMan> Importing special characters Hi Finn/Kerim, If you prepared your own import filter from scratch, you probably forgot to check the "contains ANSI characters" field in the "Text Styles Tab". You should open the filter with the Import Filter Editor and see whether this is the case. To Finn: If you do an export, open your exported text file in Windows Wordpad as "Text Documents - MS-DOS Format (*.txt)". Than immediately "File-Save As" and choose "Text Documents. All disappeared extended characters will re-appear and you will be able to import these characters correctly, if the filter you use has "contains ANSI characters" field checked. Best regards, Suat Tuzgöl DISC BV * P.O. Box 423 | 2100 AK Heemstede, The Netherlands Ph +31 (0)23 547 1855 | Fax +31 (0)23 547 1859 Email /> http://www.ResearchSoftware.nl/ -----Original Message----- From: On Behalf Of Finn Hansson Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 11:38 AM To: /> Subject: Re: <RefMan> Importing special characters Kerims problem is not restricted to only some special characters - Reference Manager is not able to handle traditional scandinavan and european signs like ø,å,æ,ü,ä in the import-export filter. The first import of these signs from an outside source works but if you want to mpve some references to somebody else using EXPORT refereneces and the IMPORT references as text files all theses special signs are spoiled completely. It seems to be a problem that Reference Manager cannot handle normal 8-bit character sets following international standards but have some probably old 7-bit signs table somewhere - And we have no way of choosing between different character sets for encoding a text file in the Export or Import user interface. This is a clear deficit in the Reference Manager program - and we can only hope it will be fixed soon (or we will have to move to some other platform taht can handle these signs). Finn Hansson Copenhagen Business School Kerim wrote: > I am trying to import references that I copied from a web site and > that I put to the right tagged format so the reference manager can > recognize the fields. It works great, except for one problem: > > Special characters, such as >=3D (greater than or equal to) (=B3) fail > = to import from the text file. The fact that RM uses a text file to > import references, and that, plain text files can not handle such > characters spoils those characters. > > Can anyone suggest a way to do it, other than manually pasting those > characters to RM? > > Thanks, > > Sibel >

RE: Importing special characters
Author: Gary Novack    Posted: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 15:13:46 -0700
Are we listing requests? My long standing one is for the "keyword scan" to scan keywords in addition to titles and abstracts. In that way, a keyword like "Propranolol - pharmacokinetics" would get picked up (in my system) as "propranolol" and "pharmacokinetics" automatically, then I could delete the confusing compound keyword. Gary Novack -----Original Message----- From: /> On Behalf Of /> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 9:00 AM To: /> Subject: Re: <RefMan> Importing special characters Have you put in an enhancement request to ISI about this? It would be worth their while to fix it. on 06/03/2003 04:37:50 AM Please respond to /> To: cc: (bcc: Jeanie F. Woodruff/MDACC) Subject: Re: <RefMan> Importing special characters Kerims problem is not restricted to only some special characters - Reference Manager is not able to handle traditional scandinavan and european signs like ?,?,?,?,? in the import-export filter. The first import of these signs from an outside source works but if you want to mpve some references to somebody else using EXPORT refereneces and the IMPORT references as text files all theses special signs are spoiled completely. It seems to be a problem that Reference Manager cannot handle normal 8-bit character sets following international standards but have some probably old 7-bit signs table somewhere - And we have no way of choosing between different character sets for encoding a text file in the Export or Import user interface. This is a clear deficit in the Reference Manager program - and we can only hope it will be fixed soon (or we will have to move to some other platform taht can handle these signs). Finn Hansson Copenhagen Business School Kerim wrote: > I am trying to import references that I copied from a web site and > that I put to the right tagged format so the reference manager can > recognize the fields. It works great, except for one problem: > > Special characters, such as >=3D (greater than or equal to) (=B3) fail > = to import from the text file. The fact that RM uses a text file to > import references, and that, plain text files can not handle such > characters spoils those characters. > > Can anyone suggest a way to do it, other than manually pasting those > characters to RM? > > Thanks, > > Sibel >

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