Nisus Writer Pro - Manual (Page 45)

Creating Documents 25
Customizing the Special Characters palette
You can also edit existing special character sets, remove existing sets and even add new ones.
Add characters to a set
If you know how to type the character:
1. Choose Customize Special Characters… from the bottom of
• the menu Insert > Special Character, or
• the menu Edit > Special Characters, or
• the Gear menu in the Special Characters palette.
The Edit Special Characters window appears as illustrated in Figure 24.
Figure 24
The Edit Special Characters window
2. Click the Plus (+) button at the bottom left corner of the window.
3. Type the character you want in place of the two question marks that appear.
4. Press
@ and type the name of the character.
If you have more than one character you wish to add at one time, repeat step 2. You can even
switch to a different set and continue to add characters to those as well using step 2.
5. When you are satisfied with your entries click Save to close the dialog.
If you do not know how to type the character, begin with step 1 above, then, instead of continuing
with step 2,
6. Click Show Character Catalog at the bottom of the window.
7. Find the character you want in the Characters panel.
8. Drag the character you want from the Characters panel into the Edit Special Characters
window as illustrated in Figure 25.
Dragging the character places it in the Character field and the Unicode value appears in the
Name field.
9. Double-click the Name field and either type over the Unicode value that appears there or add
the name of the character (in the case of the illustration in Figure 25: “Per Ten Thousand
Sign”).
You can even copy the name from the Characters panel.
10. When you are satisfied with your entries click Save to close the dialog.
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Clicking Cancel forfeits all your work in that session of editing special characters.