Special Character

Allows a user to insert characters from the range of symbols found in the installed fonts.

When you click a character in the Special Characters dialogue box, a preview and the corresponding numeric code for the character is displayed.

Search

Enter the UTF-8 name or part of the name of the character to display the UTF-8 character in the top left square of the grid. The name of the character cannot be translated. For example, enter tilde to display ~ and enter latin capital letter O with circumflex to display Ô.

Font

Select a font to display the special characters that are associated with it.

Subset

Select a Unicode category for the current font. The special characters for the selected Unicode category are displayed in the character table.

Character Table

Click the special character(s) that you want to insert, and then click Insert.

Recent Characters

Displays the special characters that were inserted recently.

Favorite Characters

Displays the special characters that were chosen with the Add to Favorites button. Up to 16 special characters can be saved as a favorite.