Strange special character

I have a special character in my data that I want to replace any where it is present. It's like a slanted " over the letters (like over A, B, etc) and it's generally there for Spanish names. I want to take it out.
Example: Ñ
I want to show it as N. When I load it into an ODS, it gives me an error. How can correct it? I don't even know how to type it. I copy-pasted it.
How can I do this? Thanks!

Hi Uday
You can maintian these in RSKC
you can write a routine to convert it as well
Check these threads
Special character
Re: invalid character
Check this blog:
/people/sap.user72/blog/2006/07/23/invalid-characters-in-sap-bw-3x-myths-and-reality-part-2
Thanks,
Raj

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