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Using Unicode in MarcEdit:

Overview:

Probably one of the most exciting new features introduced into MarcEdit 4.5 is Unicode support. Prior to MarcEdit 4.5, only the MarcEngine supported the processing of Unicode characters. However, Unicode files could not be created or modified within the MarcEditor or using any of the MarcEditor's editing functions. Moreover, previous versions of MarcEdit offered no method of converting files encoded in MARC-8 to Unicode. Well, this has changed as of MarcEdit 4.5. Unicode support has been added to the MarcEditor and its editing functions. Moreover, a new utility has been introduced that will allow users to convert MARC records in MARC-8 encoding to UTF-8 encoding. Moreover, for users that want to generate all their records in UTF-8, MarcEdit can be set to always utilize Unicode within its application. Below are a list of topics relating to the Unicode implementation in MarcEdit.

Topics:

• Unicode Home page
• MARC and Unicode (remote site)
• Frequently Asked Questions
• List of Unicode aware functionality
• Setting up Unicode functionality in MarcEdit (International users wanting to work in Unicode or users with Unicode databases should read this entry)
• Issues related to the Unicode implementation