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Using Unicode to add special characters to documents
You can create or read documents that contain special characters that aren't found on your default keyboard, such as an ae dipthong (A), a pound sign (), or a plus/minus sign (+/-).

To see special characters in your document, you may need additional Unicode-based fonts installed on your MicrosoftR WindowsR operating system. IBMR Lotus NotesR comes with five different Monotype WorldType fonts to install directly from the CD-ROM.

Macintosh users: You can use Unicode, but only using characters from your native character set. English Macintosh systems do not support the use of Unicode.

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To install Unicode fonts on your system

1. Insert the Lotus Notes CD-ROM.

2. Click Start > Programs > Windows Explorer.

3. Open the CD-ROM directory, and then open the Client folder.

4. In the Client folder, open the Apps\Fonts folder.

5. Double-click Fonts.exe.

6. Specify a temporary directory to save any of the following Monotype WorldType fonts (for example, C:/Windows/Temp), and then click Unzip:

7. Select Start > Settings > Control Panel.

8. Open the Fonts folder.

9. Click File > Install New Font.

10. Specify the drive and directory where you saved the above fonts, choose any one of the fonts to install, and then click OK.

To add special characters to a document

You can use a compose sequence or an extended compose sequence to add a special character to a document, both of which are strings of keystrokes that produce the special character. A compose sequence string usually uses two characters and an extended compose sequence string uses multiple characters. There are also keyboard shortcuts for the Macintosh that you can use to create some special characters.

1. Put the document in edit mode.

2. Click where you want to enter the special character.

3. Do one of the following using the information available in the tables below:

Note: If there are key sequences for a character listed in the Compose sequence for Windows and Extended compose sequence for Windows and Macintosh columns, you can use either sequence to add the character.

View special character table by name of character or by extended compose sequence.

Special characters listed alphabetically by name of character


Special characters by character name
CharacterName of characterCompose sequence for WindowsKeyboard shortcut for the MacintoshExtended compose sequence for Windows and Macintosh
AA acuteA+Apostrophe (')Option+E, then SHIFT+A0-181
aa acutea+Apostrophe (')Option+E, then A0-160
AA angstromA+Asterisk (*)Option+Shift+A0-143
aa angstroma+Asterisk (*)Option+A0-134
AA circumflexA+Caret (^)Optioin+Shift+M0-182
aa circumflexa+Caret(^)Option+I, then A0-131
AA graveA+Accent Grave(`)Option+Accent Grave (`), then Shift+A0-183
aa gravea+Accent Grave (`)Option+Accent Grave (`), then A0-133
AA tildeA+Tilde (~)Option+N, then Shift+A0-199
aa tildea+Tilde (~)Option+N, then A0-198
AA umlautA+Quotation Mark (")Option+U, then Shift+A0-142
aa umlauta+Quotation Mark (")Option+U, then A0-132
LAcuteOption+Shift+E0-239
AAE dipthongA+EOption+Shift+Apostrophe (')0-146
Aae dipthonga+eOption+Apostrophe (')0-145
Box drawings double down and horizontal0-203
Box drawings double down and left0-187
Box drawings double down and right0-201
Box drawings double horizontal0-205
Box drawings double up and left0-188
Box drawings double up and right0-200
Box drawings double vertical0-186
Box drawings double vertical and horizontal0-206
Box drawings double vertical and left0-185
Box drawings double vertical and right0-204
Box drawings double up and horizontal0-202
Box drawings light down and horizontal0-194
Box drawings light down and left0-191
Box drawings light down and right0-218
Box drawings light up and horizontal0-193
Box drawings light up and left0-217
Box drawings light up and right0-192
Box drawings light vertical0-179
Box drawings light vertical and horizontal0-197
Box drawings light vertical and left0-180
Box drawings light vertical and right0-195
CC cedillaC+Comma (,)Option+Shift+C0-128
cc cedillac+Comma (,)Option+C0-135
CCedillaComma (,)+Comma (,)Option+Shift+Z0-247
centc+Pipe (|), or c+Forward Slash (/), or C+Pipe(|), or C+Forward Slash (/)Option+40-189
Center block 0-254
ECenter dotCaret (^)+Period (.)Option+Shift+90-250
cCopyrightC+O, or c+o, or C+0, or c+0Option+G0-184
Dark shade block0-178
DegreeCaret (^)+0Option+Shift+80-248
DivisionColon(:)+Hyphen(-)Option+Forward Slash (/)0-246
Dotless iOption+Shift+B0-213
Double underscore 0-242
EE acuteE+Apostrophe (')Option+E, then Shift+E0-144
ee acutee+Apostrophe(')Option+E, then E0-130
EE circumflexE+Caret(^)Option+I, then Shift+E0-210
ee circumflexe+Caret (^)Option+I, then E0-136
EE graveE+Accent Grave(`)Option+Accent Grave (`), then Shift+E0-212
ee gravee+Accent Grave (`)Option+Accent Grave (`), then E0-138
EE umlautE+Quotation Mark (")Option+U, then Shift+E0-211
ee umlaute+Quotation Mark (")Option+U, then E0-137
em dash0-196
dEth lowerd+Hyphen (-)0-208
DEth UpperD+Hyphen(-)0-209
aFeminine ord.a+Underscore (_), or A+Underscore (_)Option+90-166
Full block0-219
sGerman sharp, lowercases+sOption+S0-225
Greek mu, lowercaseForward Slash (/)+uOption+M0-230
½Half1+20-171
-HyphenHyphen (-)+Equal sign (=)0-240
II acuteI+Apostrophe (')Option+Shift+S0-214
ii acutei+Apostrophe (')Option+E, then I0-161
II circumflexI+Caret (^)ON+Shift+D0-215
ii circumflexi+Caret (^)Options+I, then I0-140
II graveI+accentuate (`)Option+Accent Grave( ), then Shift+G0-222
ii gravei+Accent Grave(`)Option+Accent Grave (`), then I0-141
II umlautOption+Shift+F0-216
ii umlauti+ (")IQuotation markOption +U, then I0-139
tIcelandic Thorn, lowercasep+Hyphen (-)0-231
TIcelandic Thorn, uppercaseP+ Hyphen (-)0-232
¤Intl. Curr. X+O, or x+o, or X+0, or x+0Options+Shift+20-207
!Inverted exclamationExclamation point

Point(!)+Exclamation (!)

Option +10-173
¿Inverted question markQuestion Mark Option+Shift+question mark 0-168
Latin small letter F with hookOption+F0-159
Left angle quotesLess than sign (<)+less than sign (<)Options+Backslash(\)0-174
Light shade block0-176
Lower half block0-220
oMasculine ord.O+Underscore (_), or o+Underscore (_)Option+00-167
Medium shade block0-177
~Multiply signx+x, or X+X0-158
NN tildeN+Tilde (~)Option+N, then Shift+N0-165
nn tilden+O+Tilde (~)Option+N, then N0-164
OO acuteO+Tilde +Apostrophe (')Option+Shift+H0-224
oo acuteo+Apostrophe (')Option+E, then O0-162
OO circumflexO+Caret (^)Option+Shift+J0-226
oo circumflexo+Caret(^)Option+I, then O0-147
OO graveO+AccentGrave(`)Option+Shift+L0-227
oo graveo+Accent Grave (`)Option+Accent Grave (`), then O0-149
OO slashO+Forward Slash (/)Option+Shift+O0-157
oo slasho+Forward Slash (/)Option+O0-155
OO tildeO+ Tilde (~)Option+N, then Shift+O0-229
oo tildeo+Tilde (~)Option+N, then O0-228
OO umlautO+Quotation Mark (")Option+U, then Shift+O0-153
oo umlauto+Quotation Mark (")Option+U, then O0-148
POverlineCaret (^)+Hyphen (-)0-238
Paragraph symbolExclamation Point (!)+pOption+70-244
+/-Plus/MinusPlus sign (+)+Hyphen (-)Option+Shift+Equal Sign (=)0-241
Pound signL+Equal Sign (=), or l+Equal Sign (=), or L+Hyphen (-), or l+Hyphen (-)Option+3 (in UK, Shift+3)0-156
¼Quarter1+40-172
RRegisteredR+O, or R+0, or r+0Option+R0-169
Right angle quotesGreater Than Sign (>)+Greater Than Sign (>)Option+Shift+Backslash (\)0-175
Section symbols+oOption+60-245
Space 0-255
Start of lineHyphtn (-)+Closing Bracket (])Option+L0-170
UU acuteU+Apostrophe (')Option+Shift+Semi-colon (;)0-233
uu acuteu+Apostrophe (')Option+E, then U0-163
UU circumflexU+Caret(^)Option+I, then Shift+U0-234
uu circumflexu+Caret (^)Option+I, then U0-150
UU graveU+Accent Grave (`)Option+Accent Grave (`), then Shift+U0-235
uu graveu+Accent Grave (`)Option+Accent Grave (`), then U0-151
UU umlautU+Quotation Mark (")Option+U, then Shift+U0-154
uu Umlautu+Quotation Mark (")Option+U, then U0-129
NUmlautOption+Shift+U0-249
Upper half block0-223
Vertical line, brokenForward Slash (/)+Spacebar0-221
YY acuteY+Apostrophe (')0-237
yy acutey+Apsotrophe')0-236
yy umlauty+Quotation Mark (")Option+U, then Y0-152
\YenY+Equal Sign(=), or y+Equal sign(=), or Y+Hyphen(-), or y+Hyphen (-)Option+Y0-190
11 SuperscriptCaret (^)+10-251
22 SuperscriptCaret(^)+20-253
33 SuperscriptCaret (^)+30-252
¾3 quarters3+40-243

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