does BOS say anything about degrees?
Posted By: flo on 2007-05-08
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I was wondering which is preferred... typing out degrees or inserting the symbol. Does anyone know what BOS says about this? I have just been typing it out, but I have seen some reports done by other transcriptionists at my company that have the symbol instead. JUST CURIOUS
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