Good day everyone Some (possibly) helpful hints in converting DBTextworks to Marc records. Our very clever IT chap has cracked the problem I had with converting the DBTextwork file I had created (which looked fine until the Marcedit was run over it and all the fields just ran into each other)) by doing the following in Marcedit In Marc Delimited Text Translator Choose "Delimited" - comma Text qualifier - " And tick UTF-8 encoded box Then when file is converted and you reach the Marc Tools for edit : Input file C:\ (file name).csv Output file C:\(same file name).mrc And tick Translate to UTF Then execute And it should work (well, it did for me!). Also when doing the first part of the conversion I found that these Export options worked for me Record separator {CR} {LF} Field separator , Entry separator | Quote character " Store field names in first row tick box Hopefully the next step will be less fraught! regards Steph Lambert Information Services Advisor Family Planning - Positive Sexual Health 203-209 Willis Street P.O. Box 11 515 Wellington New Zealand phone : (04)384 4349 </pre> <div style='font-family:Garamond, verdana;'> <p>Earlybird registrations for Family Planning Conference 2010 OPEN NOW. Register online at <a href='http://www.familyplanning.org.nz'>www.familyplanning.org.nz</a><br/><a href='http://www.familyplanning.org.nz'><img src='http://www.kiwiwebservices.com/imagehost/images/ki83g37nzx3rdlmwb4ux.jpg' border='0' alt='Family Planning Conference 2010'></a></p> </div> <pre> </pre> <div style="font-family:Garamond, Tahoma, Verdana, Sans-Serif;"> <p>The content of this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. If it is not intended for you, please email the sender immediately and destroy the original message.<br/>Family Planning is a Registered Charity CC11104</p> </div> <pre>