Inserting symbols and special characters

You can insert symbols and other special characters using the character map.

How to insert a special character

To insert a special character:

• Click on the Insert special character icon on the toolbar,

• Select Insert menu>Insert special character… from the toolbar, or

• Right-click and select Insert special character.

The character map will present your most commonly used symbols but you can search for more by selecting More symbols… from that menu.

The selected symbol will be inserted at your cursor position in the Editor.

You can search for a symbol by name or by categories or hex code

You can select more than one symbol to insert when searching by name or category and these will appear in the ‘selected character’ field.

There is a keyboard shortcut for inserting em-dashes. Type in ‘- -‘ (dash dash) and it will be replaced by an em-dash.