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Introduction

You can insert symbols and other special characters using the character map.

How to insert a special character

You can To insert a special character by:

  • Selecting ‘Insert > Insert special character…’ from the upper Click on the Insert special character icon on the toolbar,

  • Select Insert menu>Insert special character… from the toolbar, or

  • Right-click and select ‘Insert Insert special character’

Click on the character you need

The selected symbol will be inserted at your cursor position in the Editor

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Hints and tips

  • character.

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The character map will present your most commonly used symbols but you can search for more by selecting More symbols… from that menu.

The selected symbol will be inserted at your cursor position in the Editor.

You can search for a symbol by name or by categories or hex code

You can select more than one symbol to insert when searching by name or category and these will appear in the ‘selected character’ field.

Info

There is a keyboard shortcut for inserting em-dashes.

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 Type in ‘- -‘ (dash dash) and it will be replaced by an em-dash.