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Inserting Special Symbols and Greek Letters

MagicPlot supports any Unicode symbols which include Greek letters and many special symbols.

Characters Conversion

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 ---
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 -/+

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.

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

Unicode Code Point Finding out

MagicPlot shows Unicode code point of selected in text label character in status bar. To view code point select exactly one character in text label in Figure of Fit Plot.

Code Point in status bar

See Also

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special_symbols.1287739736.txt.gz · Last modified: Sun Nov 8 12:20:34 2015 (external edit)