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Inserting Special Characters

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March 2, 2021
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Greetings, everyone:

I am trying to insert a registered trademark symbol in my Framemaker 2019 document, and it's not working.

According to the help, the combination is Ctrl+q Shift+9, but this isn't working. All I get is an e character from the Ctrl+q.

I'm using Arial font.

Please help! Thank you!

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Correct answer Barb Binder

I am trying to insert a registered trademark symbol in my Framemaker 2019 document, and it's not working.

By @Cynthia Pao

One little question, so many answers!

The shortcut works for me in 2019—remember that is is a sequential shortcut, so break it down into two parts: first tap Control+q (release the keys), then Shift+9 (release the keys). Then the ® symbol will appear.

In addition to the Insert menu and Bob's answers, there is also a button on the Quick Access Toolbar that no one ever notices!

~Barb

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ericCessna

Inspiring

I'm not sure how to reply to this but here I go.

Yes Alt+242 is the Windows keyboard shortcut to generate codepoint. It finally worked and stayed. I save it twice and now it is staying.

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ericCessna

Inspiring

I know this is an old post but I hope someone will look at it. I don't have a issues with inserting ≥ in my document. I do this by holding down the Alt key and typing 242. But after I save the file and reopen it I get a ? where it was. Am I doing something wrong saving it or what?

Jeff_Coatsworth

Community Expert

That sounds like the font being used isn't supporting the character you've entered. Or a different font is being subbed in when you re-open the file.

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Cynthia PaoAuthor

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All of the answers are correct, actually. Frame is good that way.

I marked Barb's correct because it is the simple way 🙂

Cindy

Barb Binder

Correct answer

Community Expert

I am trying to insert a registered trademark symbol in my Framemaker 2019 document, and it's not working.

By @Cynthia Pao

One little question, so many answers!

The shortcut works for me in 2019—remember that is is a sequential shortcut, so break it down into two parts: first tap Control+q (release the keys), then Shift+9 (release the keys). Then the ® symbol will appear.

In addition to the Insert menu and Bob's answers, there is also a button on the Quick Access Toolbar that no one ever notices!

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

Bob_Niland

Community Expert

Barb Binder: One little question, so many answers!

If there was only one way to do it, it wouldn't be FrameMaker.🎲

Bob_Niland

Community Expert

Cynthia Pao: … insert a registered trademark symbol …

You can also do it as [Alt key] plus [0174], for ®

My personal practice, however, is to use Variables for any characters not on the keyboard, per the convention:
Name: U+1234 FORMAL UNICODE NAME
Definition: \u1234
which for ® would be:

Name: U+00AE REGISTERED SIGN
Definition: \u00ae

These U+ variables all self-sort at the bottom of your Var catalog, so don't get in the way.
This scheme also allows assigning Character Formats where the instant font doesn't populate the code point, or for Unicode SMP characters (U+10000 and up) which FM doesn't support yet, so still have to be implemented in the legacy overlay/codepage manner.

FM has a not-super-useful habit of collapsing the \u notation to the actual Unicode glyph.

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Cynthia PaoAuthor

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Oh, dear. Never mind.

I see there is an Insert menu with the option available. I did not think of that before.

Cindy

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