Inserting special characters

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Chapter 6: Getting Started with Writer

• The Writer workspace
• Creating a new document
• Saving a document
• Working with text

• Cutting, copying, and pasting text
• Moving paragraphs quickly
• Inserting special characters
• Inserting dashes and non-breaking spaces
• Setting tab stops and indents
• Using AutoCorrect
• Using word completion
• Using AutoText
• Inserting notes

• Checking spelling
• Finding and replacing text and formatting
• Formatting text

• Using styles
• Formatting paragraphs
• Formatting characters
• Autoformatting

• Creating numbered or bulletted lists
• Hyphenating words
• Undoing and redoing changes
• Tracking changes to a document

• Recording changes
• Accepting or rejecting changes and comments

• Formatting pages

• Choosing a layout method
• Creating headers and footers
• Changing page margins

• Numbering pages

• Including the total number of pages
• Restarting page numbering
• Changing the format of page numbers

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A "special" character is one not found on a standard English keyboard. For example, © ¾ æ ç ñ ö ø ¢ are all special characters. To insert a special character:

1. Place the cursor where you want the character to appear.
2. Click Insert > Special Character to open the Special Characters window (Figure 7).
3. Select the characters you wish to insert, in order, then click OK. The selected characters are shown in the lower left of the dialog. As you select a character, it is shown on the lower right, along with its numerical code.

Different fonts include different special characters. If you do not find a particular special character, try changing the Font selection.

The Special Characters window.

Notice that the characters selected appear in the bottom-left corner of the window.