OLD - Inserting special characters (symbols)

Introduction

You can insert symbols using the character map.

How to insert a special character

1. You can insert a special character by:
1. Selecting ‘Insert > Insert special character…’ from the upper toolbar, or
2. Right-click and select ‘Insert special character’
2. Click on the character you need
3. The selected symbol will be inserted at your cursor position in the Editor

Hints and tips

• The character map will present your most commonly used symbols but you can search for more by selecting More symbols… from that menu
• 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.
• There is a keyboard shortcut for inserting em-dashes.  This is ‘—‘ (dash dash)