Special characters

Product: MyOffice Professional, MyOffice Standard, MyOffice Education

Application: Text Desktop version

Special characters are characters that cannot be found on the keyboard. For example, math operators, dingbats, and currency signs. You can insert them using the quick insert special characters pane or the Special Characters window.

Quick insert special characters pane

To open the quick insert special characters pane, do one of the following:

•On the Toolbar, in the Insert section, click t_insert_special_characters Special Characters.

•On the Toolbar, in the Insert section, click t_more . In the pane that appears, hover the mouse over the arrow to the right
of the t_insert_special_characters_small Special Characters.

To insert a special character, do one of the following:

•Select a character from a set of preset characters. As you work with the application, the preset characters change to the 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 same character.

Special Characters window

To open the Special Characters window, do one of the following:

•In the command menu, select Insert > Special Characters.

•On the Toolbar, in the Insert section, click t_insert_special_characters Special Characters button. In the quick insert special characters pane, select More Characters.

•On the Toolbar, in the Insert section, click t_more . In the pane that appears, click the t_insert_special_characters_small Special Characters.

•On the Toolbar, in the Insert section, click t_more . In the pane that appears, hover the mouse over the arrow to the right
of the t_insert_special_characters_small Special Characters. On the quick insert special characters pane, select More Characters.

The Special Characters window contains the following instruments:

•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 category 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 special character using the Special Characters window, follow these steps:

1.Select the font of the special character. You can select it in the same way as you would select a font 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.Place the cursor in the position of the document where you want to insert the character.

4.Insert the character in one of the following ways:

•Select the character by double-clicking.

•Select the character with one click and click Insert.

•Select the character with one click and press Enter or Space.

Check the Close window after inserting a character box to close the window automatically.

To close the Special Characters window manually, click the Cancel button or the window_special_characters_close button in the window header.

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