diff --git a/PROMS/DataLoader/TextConvert.cs b/PROMS/DataLoader/TextConvert.cs
index ade16792..0091f494 100644
--- a/PROMS/DataLoader/TextConvert.cs
+++ b/PROMS/DataLoader/TextConvert.cs
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ namespace DataLoader
 			s2 = s2.Replace("\x2191", @"\u8593?");
 			s2 = s2.Replace("\x2193", @"\u8595?");
 			s2 = s2.Replace("\x2207", @"\u8711?");
+			s2 = s2.Replace("\x2591", @"\'b0"); // Degree Symbol
 
 			if (DoCaret) s2 = s2.Replace("^", @"\u916");
 			//s2 = s2.Replace("^", @"\u916");
@@ -331,7 +332,7 @@ namespace DataLoader
 		public static string ConvertText(string s1)
 		{
             string s2 = s1;
-			
+						//CompareBeforeAndAfter(s1);
 			s2 = ReplaceUnicode(s2);
             // now replace underline on/off (AE,AF), super on/off (C6,C7)
             // bold on/off (D5, D6), subscript on/off (D1 A6), and
@@ -367,5 +368,56 @@ namespace DataLoader
 			s2 = s2.Replace("\n", @"\par ");			// line break in tables
 			return s2;
 		}
+
+		private static void CompareBeforeAndAfter(string txtBefore)
+		{
+			string txtAfter = ConvertSeq(txtBefore);
+			if (txtAfter != txtBefore)
+			{
+				ListDifference(txtBefore, txtAfter);
+			}
+		}
+		private static Dictionary<int, int> _SpecialChars = new Dictionary<int, int>();
+		private static void ListDifference(string txtBefore, string txtAfter)
+		{
+			int nBefore = txtBefore.Length;
+			int nAfter = txtAfter.Length;
+			int n = nBefore > nAfter ? nAfter : nBefore;
+			for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
+			{
+				int chrBefore = (int)(txtBefore[i]);
+				int chrAfter = (int)(txtAfter[i]);
+				if (chrBefore != chrAfter)
+				{
+					if (_SpecialChars.ContainsKey(chrBefore))
+						_SpecialChars[chrBefore]++;
+					else
+					{
+						_SpecialChars.Add(chrBefore, 1);
+						Console.WriteLine("Character Difference 0x{0:X0000} 0x{1:X0000} @ {2}", chrBefore, chrAfter, i);
+						//Console.WriteLine("Text Difference\r\nBefore '{0}'\r\nAfter  '{0}'", txtBefore, txtAfter);
+						string prefix = i == 0 ? "" : txtBefore.Substring(0, i - 1);
+						string suffix = i == txtBefore.Length - 1 ? "" : txtBefore.Substring(i + 1);
+						Console.WriteLine("Found in '{0}' 0x{1:X} '{2}'", prefix, chrBefore, suffix);
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			if (nBefore != nAfter)
+			{
+				Console.WriteLine("Length Difference\r\nBefore '{0}'\r\nAfter  '{0}'", txtBefore, txtAfter);
+			}
+		}
+		public static void ListSpecialCharacters()
+		{
+			Console.WriteLine("Special Characters");
+			foreach (int chr in _SpecialChars.Keys)
+			{
+				Console.WriteLine("0x{0:X0000} - {1} occurances", chr, _SpecialChars[chr]);
+			}
+		}
+		public static void ResetSpecialCharacters()
+		{
+			_SpecialChars = new Dictionary<int, int>();
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/PROMS/DataLoader/frmLoader.cs b/PROMS/DataLoader/frmLoader.cs
index 9fd846e3..0455c081 100644
--- a/PROMS/DataLoader/frmLoader.cs
+++ b/PROMS/DataLoader/frmLoader.cs
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ namespace DataLoader
 		{
 			try
 			{
+				//TextConvert.ResetSpecialCharacters();
 				System.Diagnostics.Process[] wordProcesses = WordProcesses;
 				MyFrmErrors.Clear();
 				if (wordProcesses.Length > 0)
@@ -285,6 +286,7 @@ namespace DataLoader
 
 					}
 					MessageBox.Show(string.Format("{0} seconds", ts.TotalSeconds));
+					//TextConvert.ListSpecialCharacters();
 				}
 			}
 			catch (Exception ex)