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When the text fields are written with a non-Latin alphabet it is not possible to use the dbf-file because that file format does not support UTF-16. The work-around is to copy from ArcMap to Excel.
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When the text fields are written with a non-Latin alphabet it is not possible to use the dbf-file because that file format does not support UTF-16. The work-around is to copy from ArcMap to Excel which in ArcMap 9.3.1 was possible to do with keyboard shortcuts like Ctrl + A. In ArcMap 10.1 these keyboard shortcuts do not work in the Attribute table and therefore the menus must be used.
  
 
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[[Image:UTF 16 dbf.png|400]]
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# Open the Attribute table in ArcMap
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# Open the Attribute table in ArcMap.
 
[[Image:UTF 16 attr table.png|400px]]
 
[[Image:UTF 16 attr table.png|400px]]
 
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<li> Click on the Table icon and choose ''Select All'' in the menu <br/><br/>
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<li> Click on the Table button and choose ''Select All'' in the drop-down menu. <br/><br/>
 
[[Image:Table grab buttons.png|400px]]
 
[[Image:Table grab buttons.png|400px]]
<li> Hold down ''Shift'', right-click on the first row's grab handle and choose ''Copy Selected'' in the menu
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<li> Hold down ''Shift'', right-click on the first row's grab handle and choose ''Copy Selected'' in the drop-down menu.
 
<li> Paste into an Excel file <br/>
 
<li> Paste into an Excel file <br/>
 
[[Image:UTF 16 Excel.png|400]]
 
[[Image:UTF 16 Excel.png|400]]

Revision as of 19:55, 12 October 2014

When the text fields are written with a non-Latin alphabet it is not possible to use the dbf-file because that file format does not support UTF-16. The work-around is to copy from ArcMap to Excel which in ArcMap 9.3.1 was possible to do with keyboard shortcuts like Ctrl + A. In ArcMap 10.1 these keyboard shortcuts do not work in the Attribute table and therefore the menus must be used.

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In the dbf-file the non-Latin characters are not readable


  1. Open the Attribute table in ArcMap.

UTF 16 attr table.png

In the Attribute table in ArcMap 10.1 the non-Latin characters looks OK

  1. Click on the Table button and choose Select All in the drop-down menu.

    Table grab buttons.png
  2. Hold down Shift, right-click on the first row's grab handle and choose Copy Selected in the drop-down menu.
  3. Paste into an Excel file
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    How the final result looks like