of the Symbol icon in the Insert tab.
In the Unicode tab of the Symbol dialog box, you can enter unicode characters that are not on the keyboard.
Unicode is a 2-byte international standard character code system that expresses various languages in a uniform way.
Select the domain that the required character belongs to.
Display a list of characters that are included in the selected domain from the Character Domain list.
Display the unicode of the character selected from the Characters list. If you type the hexadecimal code number of the character, the character will be displayed in the Characters list box.
Display the recently used characters.
You can see this list if you click the drop-down arrow of the Symbol icon in the Insert tab.
If you double-click a character, or select a character in Characters and click Select, the character is displayed in Input Text.
When you add multiple characters to Input Text and click Insert, all the characters displayed in Input Text are inserted in the edit window.
If you select a character in Characters and click Select, the character is displayed in Input Text.
Register all characters added to Input Text in a new character domain.
If you click Add and the Add All to Custom Symbol dialog box appears, you can specify character domain name and register characters.
If you point to a character in the Characters list, it enlarges the character.
| Icon | Name | Description |
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Add to Custom Symbol | Add the characters selected in the Character Domain list or in the Recent Text list to Custom Symbol. In the Add to Custom Symbol dialog box, you can select a character domain in Character Domain List to Add and register Text to Add. |
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Add All to Custom Symbol | Add all characters displayed in the Recent Text list to Custom Symbol. In the Add All to Custom Symbol dialog box, select a character domain in Character Domain List to Add and add all the characters recently used. |
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Delete | Delete currently selected characters from the Recent Text list or the Characters list of the Custom tab. |
To add a character in Input Text, select the character from the Characters list of the Symbol dialog box and click Select. You can also press SPACEBAR on the character or double-click it to add the character in Input Text. If you select multiple characters, add them to Input Text, and then click Insert, the characters are inserted at the pointer in the edit window all at once.
You can also add adjacent characters to Input Text by selecting the characters and hold down SPACEBAR in the Symbol dialog box. If you select ① with the pointer on the Characters list, hold down SPACEBAR, and release SPACEBAR at ⑩, the 10 characters from ① through ⑩ are added to Input Text.
In the Characters list, you can select characters by using the pointer or arrow keys (<←>, <→>, <↑>, <↓>).
| Key | Description |
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| HOME/END | Point to the first character domain or the last character domain in the Character Domain list. Point to the first character or the last character in the Characters list. |
| PAGE UP/PAGE DOWN | Move to the previous screen or the next screen in the Character Domain list or the Characters list. |
| CTRL+↑/CTRL+ ↓ | Display a list of characters that belong to the previous character domain or the next character domain of the currently selected character domain in the Character Domain list. |
| SPACEBAR | Press SPACEBAR in the Characters list to insert the currently selected character at the pointer in the edit window and move the selection one space to the next character. |
Inserting a symbol is required when you edit the body and also when you type in the text box of the dialog box of certain functions.
For example, if you want to insert a symbol in the text input box of the Find dialog box, place the cursor in the text input box and execute the Symbol dialog box by pressing CTRL+F10 or clicking Symbol in the context menu that appears after right-clicking it.
When a character selected in Symbol is inserted in the edit screen, it complies with the text size and properties of the current position where the pointer is placed.
You can select a character in the Symbol dialog box and register it in an existing character domain of custom symbol. You can also create a new character domain and register the character in it. If you register frequently used characters in the character domain of custom symbols, you can reduce the time to search for the required characters.
To add characters to Custom Symbol, do one of the following:
to register it., you can add all characters displayed in Recent Text.