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Degree symbol conversion export inx

Dec 1, 2008 12:50 PM

Hi,

A while ago I exported from Indesign cs2 file to inx. (I may have receved an inx file from a client with CS3 but can't remember exactly)
When I opened the inx file again all the degree symbols/glyphs converted to Dgr or something like that.

I can't find the file that did this but I need to find out why it happened.
Has anyone seen something simlar like this when exporting/opening inx files with glyphs in them.

Can you explain why this happens? I need to explain to people to check this hasn't happened but I need to know why it happens in the first place.

Is it an XML Issue when going from CS3 to CS2 or something?

Thanks

cp
 
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    Dec 2, 2008 2:55 AM   in reply to (CP1)
    no... <g>
     
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    Dec 2, 2008 5:44 AM   in reply to (CP1)
    Are you fully patched? CS2 should be at 4.0.5 and CS3 at 5.0.4.

    Bob
     
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    Dec 2, 2008 6:23 AM   in reply to (CP1)
    Can you do better than "Dgr or something like that" ?

    If it was ° that is the HTML code for a degree symbol and may well indicate that something in the process has helpfully converted ASCII characters to HTML.

    k
     
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    Apr 17, 2012 5:55 AM   in reply to (CP1)

    Here is my work around if anyone wants it...

     

    What (CP1) has found (special characters enumerations) works in a .jsx file, but don't use it as a string, set your type to number .

     

    Use it like this in your .jsx file:

     

    app.findPreferences = app.changePreferences = null;

    var myFound = app.activeDocument.search( "1397909876" );  /* you can put any code in your xml as long as you reference it here */

    myFound[0].contents = 1397909876;

     

    Here is all the  special characters enumeration codes for CS2

    [Link removed by moderator]

    Enjoy!

     
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    Apr 17, 2012 1:57 AM   in reply to davekinross

    davekinross wrote:

     

    Here is all the  special characters enumeration codes for CS2

    [pirated site reference]

    Enjoy!

     

    Sorry, but I'm not enjoying that reference you gave. That site is a plain copy of my hard work, unattributed, and with advertisements sprinkled on top. It's a piece of blatant theft. (The site producer even refers to himself "an XML expert" -- ha ha. I would laugh if only it weren't so pathetic.)

     

    For the original, see http://www.jongware.com/idjshelp.html or its online incarnation at MIT: http://jongware.mit.edu/idcs5js/pe_SpecialCharacters.html

     
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    Apr 17, 2012 5:56 AM   in reply to [Jongware]

    Do you have the Decimal codes on your site? That is why I pointed to [Link removed by moderator]

     

    Special Characters

    Decimal code

     

    auto Page Number    

    1396797550

     

    next Page Number   

    1397649518

     

    previous Page Number    

    1397780590

     

    section Marker    

    1400073805

     

    bullet Character    

    1396862068

     

    copy right Symbol    

    1396929140

     

    degree Symbol    

    1396991858

     

    ellipsis Character

    1397518451

     

    forced Line Break    

    1397124194

     

    paragraph Symbol    

    1397776754

     

    registered Trademark

    1397904493

     

    section Symbol

    1400073811

     

    trademark Symbol

    1398041963

     

    right Indent Tab

    1397909876

     

    indent Here Tab

    1397319796

     

    em Dash

    1397058884

     

    en Dash

    1397059140

     

    discretionary Hyphen

    1396983920

     

    nonbreaking Hyphen

    1397645928

     

    end Nested Style

    1396855379

     

    double Left Quote

    1396984945

     

    double Right Quote

    1396986481

     

    single Left Quote

    1397967985

     

    single Right Quote

    1397969521

     

    em Space

    1397058899

     

    en Space

    1397059155

     

    flush Space

    1397124179

     

    hair Space

    1397256787

     

    nonbreaking Space

    1397645907

     

    thin Space

    1398042195

     

    figure Space

    1397122899

     

    punctuation Space

    1397780051

     

    column Break

    1396927554

     

    frame Break

    1397125698

     

    page Break

    1397778242

     

    odd Page Break

    1397715010

     

    even Page Break

    1397059650

     

    footnote Symbol

    1399221837

     
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