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Special characters window

To open the Special characters window, follow these steps:

  1. Place the cursor at the location on the slide where you want to insert the special character.
  2. Do one of the following:
    • On the Insert tab, click t_insert_special_characters Special characters.
    • On the Insert tab, click the arrow to the right of the t_insert_special_characters** Special characters** button. In the special characters quick insert pane, select More characters.

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The Special characters window contains the following tools:

  • Drop-down list for selecting the font of the special character.
  • Drop-down list for selecting the group and category of the character. If the font does not support the characters of a group or category, it is not displayed in the list.
  • Characters. By default, the first character of the selected category is highlighted. Categories are separated from each other by a line.
  • The name of the highlighted character.
  • The code of the selected character in the Unicode system.
  • The typeface of the selected character.
  • The font of the selected character.
  • Other typefaces of the selected character.

To insert a character from the Special characters window, follow these steps:

  1. Select the font of the special character. The selection is similar to the font selection in the main application window.
  2. Select a character category. You can select it in the same way as selecting a special character font.
  3. Insert the character in one of the following ways:
    • Select the character by double-clicking.
    • Select the character with a single click and click Insert.
    • Select a character with one mouse click and press Enter or Space on the keyboard.

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If you want the window to close automatically, select the Close window after inserting a character checkbox.

To close the Special characters window manually, click Cancel or the close_dialog_window button in the window header.