single character keyboard shortcuts

[whiteduck1234]

I am setting up a template for a card club newsletter in InDesign. Can I set up individual characters with a keyboard shortcut? I would need four - red heart, red diamond, black spade and black club. I note that the font symbol has black symbols for these and could use those and change the colour - but because I will use these a lot, I wanted to set them up as part of my document setup to make it simpler.

Thanks for any help

Ange

[Steve Werner · Accepted solution]

Try this: You would probably insert glyphs (characters) from a font which contains them using the Glyphs panel (Type > Glyphs). At the top of the Glyphs panel are recently added glyphs:

If you placed your four glyphs in the first four positions you could set up Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts if you set up a custom keyboard set.

You can go to the Product Area: Panel Menus and choose Glyphs: and you'll see the entries below to which you can add keyboard shortcuts: The first one in the recents is called out by the Insert Most Recent Glyph, and so on.

[whiteduck1234]

Thanks for your help Steve

If I choose Glyph: insert by Unicode - where do I put the code number? Because I will be using all 4 - red heart, red diamond, black spade, black club - I thought it might work with the unicode option. What do you think?

Also, with Glyphs, can I set it up to be red if wanted eg for hearts and diamonds?

Ange

[Steve Werner]

Where are you seeing Glyph: Insert by Unicode?

[whiteduck1234]

Keyboard shortcuts > panel menus > Glyph: by Unicode

[Steve Werner]

I think that just changes the way the glyphs are sorted in the Glypg panel.

[whiteduck1234]

OK thanks, I didn't realise that