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Insert a Special Character in Application Text

Greek, math, currency, and other symbols not available on your keyboard can be inserted from a Special Character menu. Here's how.

Written by Laura Berwick

This article covers the following topics:

  • Insert a Special Character in Your Text

  • Special Characters Available in Rowan

Insert a Special Character in Your Text

  1. In the main application window, place your cursor where you want to insert a character into your specification or claims.
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  2. Select the Special Characters option under the Specification > Insert menu or the Special Characters symbol in the Toolbar.
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  3. Review the symbols provided to locate the one you want.
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    ​Note that you can use the Search or dropdown filter to find what you want more quickly.
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  4. Click on the desired symbol. It will be inserted at your cursor location.
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    ​Note that the symbol menu remains open for further selections but will close when you click elsewhere in the main application window.
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Special Characters Available in Rowan

The following symbols are available under five categories in the special symbols menu.

Currency

Text

Mathematical

  • $ (Dollar Sign)

  • € (Euro Sign)

  • ¥ (Yen Sign)

  • £ (Pound Sign)

  • ¢ (Cent Sign)

  • ₠ (Euro-Currency Sign)

  • ₡ (Colon Sign)

  • ₢ (Cruzeiro Sign)

  • ₣ (French Franc Sign)

  • ₤ (Lira Sign)

  • ¤ (Currency Sign)

  • ₿ (Bitcoin Sign)

  • ₥ (Mill Sign)

  • ₦ (Naira Sign)

  • ₧ (Peseta Sign)

  • ₨ (Rupee Sign)

  • ₩ (Won Sign)

  • ₪ (New Shequel Sign)

  • ₫ (Dong Sign)

  • ₭ (Kip Sign)

  • ₮ (Tugrik Sign)

  • ₯ (Drachma Sign)

  • ₰ (German Penny Sign)

  • ₱ (Peso Sign)

  • ₲ (Guarani Sign)

  • ₳ (Austral Sign)

  • ₴ (Hryvnia Sign)

  • ₵ (Cedi Sign)

  • ₶ (Livre Tournois Sign)

  • ₷ (Spesmilo Sign)

  • ₸ (Tenge Sign)

  • ₹ (Indian Rupee Sign)

  • ₺ (Turkish Lira Sign)

  • ₻ (Nordic Mark Sign)

  • ₼ (Manat Sign)

  • ₽ (Ruble Sign)

  • ‹ (Single Left-Pointing Angle Quotation Mark)

  • › (Single Right-Pointing Angle Quotation Mark)

  • « (Left-Pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark)

  • » (Right-Pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark)

  • ‘ (Left Single Quotation Mark)

  • ’ (Right Single Quotation Mark)

  • “ (Left Double Quotation Mark)

  • ” (Right Double Quotation Mark)

  • ‚ (Single Low Quotation Mark)

  • „ (Double Low Quotation Mark)

  • ¡ (Inverted Exclamation Mark)

  • ¿ (Inverted Question Mark)

  • ‥ (Two Dot Leader)

  • … (Horizontal Ellipsis)

  • ‡ (Double Dagger)

  • ‰ (Per Mille Sign)

  • ‱ (Per Ten Thousand Sign)

  • ‼ (Double Exclamation Mark)

  • ⁈ (Question Exclamation Mark)

  • ⁉ (Exclamation Question Mark)

  • ⁇ (Double Question Mark)

  • © (Copyright Sign)

  • ® (Registered Sign)

  • ™ (Trademark Sign)

  • § (Section Sign)

  • ¶ (Paragraph Sign)

  • ⁋ (Reversed paragraph sign)

  • µ (Micro Sign)

  • ℃ (Degree Celcius)

  • ℉ (Degree Fahrenheit)

  • < (Less-Than Sign)

  • > (Greater-Than Sign)

  • ≤ (Less-Than or Equal To)

  • ≥ (Greater-Than or Equal To)

  • – (En Dash)

  • — (Em Dash)

  • ¯ (Macron)

  • ‾ (Overline)

  • ° (Degree Sign)

  • − (Minus Sign)

  • ± (Plus-Minus Sign)

  • ÷ (Division Sign)

  • ⁄ (Fraction Slash)

  • × (Multiplication Sign)

  • ƒ (Latin Small Letter F with Hook)

  • ∫ (Integral)

  • ⌠ (Top Half Integral)

  • ⌡ (Bottom Half Integral)

  • ∑ (N-ary Summation)

  • ∞ (Infinity)

  • √ (Square Root)

  • ∼ (Tilde Operator)

  • ≅ (Approximately Equal To)

  • ≈ (Almost Equal To)

  • ≠ (Not Equal To)

  • ≡ (Identical To)

  • ∈ (Element Of)

  • ∉ (Not an Element Of)

  • ∋ (Contains as Member)

  • ∏ (N-ary Product)

  • ∧ (Logical AND)

  • ∨ (Logical OR)

  • ¬ (Not Sign)

  • ∩ (Intersection)

  • ∪ (Union)

  • ∂ (Partial Differential)

  • ∀ (For All)

  • ∃ (There Exists)

  • ∅ (Empty Set)

  • ∇ (Nabla)

  • ∗ (Asterisk Operator)

  • ∝ (Proportional To)

  • ∠ (Angle)

  • ¼ (Vulgar Fraction One Quarter)

  • ½ (Vulgar Fraction One Half)

  • ¾ (Vulgar Fraction Three Quarters)

  • ⅕ (Vulgar Fraction One Fifth)

  • ⅖ (Vulgar Fraction Two Fifths)

  • ⅗ (Vulgar Fraction Three Fifths)

Arrows & Bullets

Greek/Latin/Other

  • ⇐ (Leftward Double Arrow)

  • ⇒ (Rightward Double Arrow)

  • ⇑ (Upward Double Arrow)

  • ⇓ (Downward Double Arrow)

  • ⇠ (Leftward Dashed Arrow)

  • ⇢ (Rightward Dashed Arrow)

  • ⇡ (Upward Dashed Arrow)

  • ⇣ (Downward Dashed Arrow)

  • ⇤ (Leftward Arrow to Bar)

  • ⇥ (Rightward Arrow to Bar)

  • ⤒ (Upward Arrow to Bar)

  • ⤓ (Downward Arrow to Bar)

  • ↨ (Up Down Arrow with Base)

  • 🔙 (BACK with Leftward Arrow Above)

  • 🔚 (END with Leftward Arrow Above)

  • 🔛 (ON! with Left Right Arrow Above)

  • 🔜 (SOON with Rightward Arrow Above)

  • 🔝 (TOP with Upward Arrow Above)

  • ↑ (Upward Arrow)

  • ↓ (Downward Arrow)

  • ↕ (Up Down Arrow)

  • ↖ (Northwest Arrow)

  • ↗ (Northeast Arrow)

  • ↘ (Southeast Arrow)

  • ↙ (Southwest Arrow)

  • ▪ (Black Small Square)

  • ▫ (White Small Square)

  • ● (Black Circle)

  • ○ (White Circle)

  • ◦ (White Bullet)

  • ◌ (Dotted Circle)

  • │ (Box Drawings Light Vertical)

  • Γ (Greek Capital Letter Gamma)

  • Δ (Greek Capital Letter Delta)

  • Σ (Greek Capital Letter Sigma)

  • Ψ (Greek Capital Letter Psi)

  • Ω (Greek Capital Letter Omega)

  • α (Greek Small Letter Alpha)

  • β (Greek Small Letter Beta)

  • γ (Greek Small Letter Gamma)

  • δ (Greek Small Letter Delta)

  • θ (Greek Small Letter Theta)

  • λ (Greek Small Letter Lamda)

  • μ (Greek Small Letter Mu)

  • ν (Greek Small Letter Nu)

  • ξ (Greek Small Letter Xi)

  • π (Greek Small Letter Pi)

  • ρ (Greek Small Letter Rho)

  • σ (Greek Small Letter Sigma)

  • τ (Greek Small Letter Tau)

  • ϕ (Greek Phi Symbol)

  • ψ (Greek Small Letter Psi)

  • ω (Greek Small Letter Omega)

  • ᵠ (Modifier Letter Small Greek Phi)

  • ᵩ (Greek Subscript Small Letter Phi)

  • ᵪ (Greek Subscript Small Letter Chi)

  • ǁ (Latin Letter Lateral Click)

  • ǀ (Latin Letter Dental Click)

  • Ʃ (Latin Capital Letter Esh)

  • ɛ (Latin Small Letter Open E)

  • ø (Latin Small Letter O with Stroke)

  • Ი (Georgian Ini)

  • Ო (Georgian Nio)

  • Ძ (Georgian Dzili)

  • ᶹ (Modifier Letter Small v with Hook)

  • ꓥ (Lisu Letter Nga)

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