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====== Inserting Special Symbols and Greek Letters ====== | ====== Inserting Special Symbols and Greek Letters ====== | ||
- | MagicPlot supports any [[wp> | + | MagicPlot supports any [[wp> |
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+ | The help on inserting Greek letters and special symbols is also available in '' | ||
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+ | ===== Typing Greek letters with Keyboard Shortcuts ===== | ||
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+ | To insert | ||
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+ | ^ Greek Letter Name ^ Greek Symbol ^ On Keyboard \\ (Ctrl+G, then) ^ | ||
+ | | Alpha | Α α | A a | | ||
+ | | Beta | Β β | B b | | ||
+ | | Gamma | Γ γ | G g | | ||
+ | | Delta | Δ δ | D d | | ||
+ | | Epsilon | Ε ε | E e | | ||
+ | | Zeta | Ζ ζ | Z z | | ||
+ | | Eta | Η η | H h | | ||
+ | | Theta | Θ θ | Q q | | ||
+ | | Theta (alt.) | ϑ | J | | ||
+ | | Iota | Ι ι | I i | | ||
+ | | Kappa | Κ κ | K k | | ||
+ | | Lambda | Λ λ | L l | | ||
+ | | Mu | Μ μ | M m | | ||
+ | | Nu | Ν ν | N n | | ||
+ | | Xi | Ξ ξ | X x | | ||
+ | | Omicron | Ο ο | O o | | ||
+ | | Pi | Π π | P p | | ||
+ | | Rho | Ρ ρ | R r | | ||
+ | | Sigma | Σ σ | S s | | ||
+ | | Tau | Τ τ | T t | | ||
+ | | Upsilon | Υ υ | U u | | ||
+ | | Phi | Φ φ | F f | | ||
+ | | Phi (alt.) | ϕ | j | | ||
+ | | Chi | Χ χ | C c | | ||
+ | | Psi | Ψ ψ | Y y | | ||
+ | | Omega | Ω ω | W w | | ||
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+ | ===== Inserting Math Symbols with Keyboard Shortcuts ===== | ||
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+ | To insert math symbol type '' | ||
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+ | ^ Symbol name ^ Symbol ^ On Keyboard \\ (Ctrl+M, then) ^ | ||
+ | | Multiplication sign | × | * or x | | ||
+ | | Middle dot (multiplication) | · | . (dot) | | ||
+ | | Division slash | ∕ | / | | ||
+ | | Minus sign | − | - | | ||
+ | | Plus-minus sign | ± | + | | ||
+ | | Minus-plus sign | ∓ | = | | ||
+ | | Not equal | ≠ | n | | ||
+ | | Infinity | ∞ | 8 | | ||
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+ | To see the full list of shortcuts select '' | ||
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+ | ===== Inserting Special Characters by Character Sequences ===== | ||
+ | To insert the following special characters, simply type character sequences, as shown in the table below. Character sequences will be replaced with special characters when you exit the edit mode (but only if selected font contains required | ||
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+ | You can disable auto replacing in Typography tab of MagicPlot Preferences. | ||
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+ | ^ Symbol name ^ Symbol ^ Char sequence ^ | ||
+ | | Em dash | — | ''< | ||
+ | | En dash | – | ''< | ||
+ | | Ellipsis | … | ''< | ||
+ | | Much less than | ≪ | ''< | ||
+ | | Much greater than | ≫ | ''< | ||
+ | | Less than or equal to | ≤ | ''< | ||
+ | | Greater than or equal to | ≥ | ''< | ||
+ | | Plus-minus sign | ± | ''< | ||
+ | | Minus-plus sign | ∓ | ''< | ||
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+ | ===== Unicode Code Point Finding out ===== | ||
+ | MagicPlot shows in status bar the [[wp> | ||
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+ | {{: | ||
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+ | ===== See Also ===== | ||
+ | * [[typography]] |