Special characters
Special characters are characters that cannot be found on the keyboard. For example, math operators, letter modifiers, currency signs. Such symbols can be inserted using the special characters quick insert pane or the Special Characters window.
Special characters quick insert pane
To open the quick insert special characters pane, follow the steps below: 1.Place the cursor at the location on the slide where you want to insert the special character. 2.On the Toolbar, in the Insert section, click 3.In the pane that appears, hover the mouse cursor over the arrow to the right of the To insert a special character, do one of the following: •Select a character from the set of preset characters. As you work with the application, the preset characters change to characters added by the user to the document using the Special Characters window. When the mouse cursor hovers over a character, the name of the font selected for it is displayed. When inserting, the font of the document text is applied to the character. However, if the font of the text does not support this character, then the font selected by the user is used.
•Select Non-breaking Space, Non-Breaking Hyphen, or En Dash if you want to insert the appropriate character. |
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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: •In the Command menu, select Insert > Special Characters. •On the Toolbar, in the Insert section, click •On the Toolbar, in the Insert section, click 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 a single click and press Enter or Space. If you want the window to close automatically, check the Close window after inserting a character box. To close the Special Characters window manually, click Cancel or the |
