July 2013 [Cradle-6.8.2]

Entering Special Characters

Special characters such as:

• The degree symbol: °
• The registered symbol: ®
• The Angstrom symbol: Å

are not available on most keyboards, so a method of entering them is needed.

Windows provides at least two alternative mechanisms to enter such characters:

• The Character Map tool
• ALT key sequences

The Character Map tool is inside Accessories → System Tools. When started, it displays a UI similar to:

You can select the character(s) required and click Select to put them into the Characters to copy field. Then you can copy and paste them into Cradle using CTRL-C and CTRL-V as normal.

In the bottom-right corner of this window, Character Map also shows the ALT key sequence that will generate that character. These sequences allow you to enter characters directly into Cradle, or any other application.

For example the ALT key sequence for the degree symbol is Alt+0176, and you enter this by:

• Press and hold the ALT key
• Press and release the 0 key on the numeric keyboard
• Print and release 1, then 7 and then 6
• Release the ALT key

and the degree symbol will appear.

Some commonly used key sequences are shown in the table below:

In this issue

1. 3SL Newsletters
2. Receive Your Own Newsletter
3. Newsletter Contents
4. 3SL Website
5. Need Help?
6. New Cradle Products
7. 3SL Website Shop
8. Cradle User Conference
9. 3SL is Exhibiting at SMDC in August
10. Want a Free Training Course in the US?
11. Cradle Training in South Africa
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13. New Distributor in China
14. New Cradle Product Manager in Brazil
15. Cradle Group on LinkedIn
16. Do You Want Windows XP?
17. Do You Want Office 2003?
18. Cradle-6.8.2 Release
19. Supported Platforms
20. Importing Special Characters from CSV
21. Entering Special Characters
22. Cradle on Linux
23. Displaying Diagrams in Web Browsers
24. Acrobat Compatibility
25. Mixed Office Installations
26. Old Versions of Cradle