This has been a problem with the Duxbury software for a long time. There has been no definitive decision on what to do with phrases like the young@heart senior center, or when some joker decides that that the greater-than/less-than sign makes a visually appealing print parenthesis. Until a way is found to integrate computer code symbols into non-computer code text, I would choose a symbol (probably 46, 13 for the equals sign 456, 126 and 456, 345 for the greater-than and less-than signs. I would make note of these symbols on a special symbols page. If they occur, I would do the same for plus and minus signs. DotsPlus and a very old program called PCBRAILLE include symbols lists that are easily recognized and can be used for these inconveninet signs. If right and left braces { } keep turning up, I would substitute rights and left brackets [ ] because these symbols do translate. To have the word "plus appear in the phrase "a-plus" or in a company name such as "plus mark" when the printed text clearly shows a plus sign is actually inaccurate braille. It's about time this issue was addressed together with a list of symbols to be used in literary braille.
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