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 ====== Inserting Special Symbols and Greek Letters ====== ====== Inserting Special Symbols and Greek Letters ======
-MagicPlot supports any [[wp>Unicode|Unicode]] symbols, including Greek letters and many special symbols. +MagicPlot supports any [[wp>Unicode|Unicode]] symbols, including Greek letters and many special symbols.
  
-===== Characters Conversion ===== +The help on inserting Greek letters and special symbols is also available in ''Help'' menu.
-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 symbols)+
  
-You can disable auto replacing in Typography tab of MagicPlot Preferences. +===== Typing Greek letters with Keyboard Shortcuts =====
- +
-^ Symbol name ^ Symbol ^ Char sequence ^ +
-| Em dash |  —  |  ''<nowiki>---</nowiki>'' +
-| En dash |  –  |  ''<nowiki>--</nowiki>'' +
-| Ellipsis |  …  |  ''<nowiki>...</nowiki>'' +
-| Much less than |  ≪  |  ''<nowiki><<</nowiki>'' +
-| Much greater than |  ≫  |  ''<nowiki>>></nowiki>'' +
-| Less than or equal to |  ≤  |  ''<nowiki><=</nowiki>'' +
-| Greater than or equal to |  ≥  |  ''<nowiki>>=</nowiki>'' +
-| Plus-minus sign |  ±  |  ''<nowiki>+/-</nowiki>'' +
-| Minus-plus sign |  ∓  |  ''<nowiki>-/+</nowiki>'' +
- +
- +
-===== Inserting Special Symbols in Text Label ===== +
- +
-To insert math symbol type ''Ctrl+M'' (''Command M'' on Mac OS) and then type symbol mentioned in the table below. +
- +
-^  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 |  ∓  |  =  | +
-| Infinity |  ∞  |  i (letter) +
- +
- +
-===== Typing Greek letters with Keyboard Shortcut =====+
  
 To insert Greek letter type ''Ctrl+G'' (''Command G'' on Mac OS) and then type Latin letter mentioned in the table below. To insert Greek letter type ''Ctrl+G'' (''Command G'' on Mac OS) and then type Latin letter mentioned in the table below.
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 | Psi |  Ψ ψ  |  Y y  | | Psi |  Ψ ψ  |  Y y  |
 | Omega |  Ω ω  |  W w  | | Omega |  Ω ω  |  W w  |
 +
 +===== Inserting Math Symbols with Keyboard Shortcuts =====
 +
 +To insert math symbol type ''Ctrl+M'' (''Command M'' on Mac OS) and then type symbol mentioned in the table below.
 +
 +^  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  |
 +
 +To see the full list of shortcuts select ''Help -> Insert Greek Letters and Math'' menu item.
 +
 +===== 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 symbols). 
 +
 +You can disable auto replacing in Typography tab of MagicPlot Preferences.
 +
 +^ Symbol name ^ Symbol ^ Char sequence ^
 +| Em dash |  —  |  ''<nowiki>---</nowiki>''  |
 +| En dash |  –  |  ''<nowiki>--</nowiki>''  |
 +| Ellipsis |  …  |  ''<nowiki>...</nowiki>''  |
 +| Much less than |  ≪  |  ''<nowiki><<</nowiki>''  |
 +| Much greater than |  ≫  |  ''<nowiki>>></nowiki>''  |
 +| Less than or equal to |  ≤  |  ''<nowiki><=</nowiki>''  |
 +| Greater than or equal to |  ≥  |  ''<nowiki>>=</nowiki>''  |
 +| Plus-minus sign |  ±  |  ''<nowiki>+/-</nowiki>''  |
 +| Minus-plus sign |  ∓  |  ''<nowiki>-/+</nowiki>''  |
 +
  
 ===== Unicode Code Point Finding out ===== ===== Unicode Code Point Finding out =====
 MagicPlot shows in status bar the [[wp>Unicode]] [[wp>code point]] of character highlighted in text label. To view code point select exactly one character in text label in Figure of Fit Plot. MagicPlot shows in status bar the [[wp>Unicode]] [[wp>code point]] of character highlighted in text label. To view code point select exactly one character in text label in Figure of Fit Plot.
  
-{{:code-points.png|Code Point in status bar}}+{{:code-points.png?nolink|Code Point in status bar}}
  
 ===== See Also ===== ===== See Also =====
   * [[typography]]   * [[typography]]
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