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Inserting special characters
Some characters, such as the copyright sign, the degree sign, and the accented
characters used in some languages, cannot be entered into text directly with the
keyboard. Instead, TextMaker’s built-in character table provides a convenient
means for inserting symbols and other special characters.
You insert special characters as follows:
1. Invoke the command Insert > Symbol.
2. A dialog box appears, giving you access to every character that is available in
the selected font. If you need a character from a different font, select it from the
Font list at the top of the dialog.
3. A font’s characters are organized into sets. If the character you want to use is
not in the set immediately in view when you can jump to the set in which it is
likely to be found by selecting it from the Set list. For example, you can select
Cyrillic to view the font’s Cyrillic characters (provided the font contains such
characters).
Note: Many fonts contain only a few of the character sets that are available.
However, the fonts that are supplied with your operating system usually constitute
a huge reservoir of characters. These include, for example, the Arial, Tahoma
and Times New Roman fonts supplied with Windows.
4. Select the desired character by clicking on it. Then press the Enter key (¢) or
click on the Insert button to insert the character into the text. Alternatively, you
can double click on a character to select and immediately insert it.
5. You can repeat the above described procedure to insert additional characters, as
required. When you are finished, exit the dialog with the Close button.
Tip for Windows users: Most Windows versions include two symbol fonts
named Symbol and Wingdings. These fonts contain many symbols that could be
useful (as bullets, for example).
Using keyboard shortcuts
If you need to insert a special character frequently, you can always give it a keyboard
shortcut. The advantage of doing that is that you can then apply the character
very quickly, using a single key press.
Manual TextMaker Inserting special characters 167