How to enter Unicode Character in FrameMaker 10?

[Simon BUCH]

There is a Windows input method to 'type' Unicode characters, using the
numeric pad to type the unicode hex number.

Steps required:
1. You'll need to enable the Windows 'hex numpad' option.  
As there's no user interface option for this [AFAIK], you'll need to
modify the Windows registry:
1a. Click Start > Run and launch the registry editor: RegEdit.exe
1b. Navigate to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Input Method]
1c. Locate the key named "EnableHexNumpad".   
	If there isn't one, use the right mouse menu to create a new
string value with the type REG_SZ
1d. Double-click the EnableHexNumpad key to give it a value of 1
1e. Close RegEdit.

2. Reboot.   Because it's Windows.

3. Log back in, and then you can then start inserting Unicode characters
- if you know their hex code.
For example: Hold down your Left-Alt key, and then on the numeric pad:
	press + 
	press 2
	press 1
	press 9
	press 2
and then release the Alt key.  You will how have a right-arrow.
Hex a to f is done using your main keyboard.

NOTE: I'm not certain if this still works in Windows 7, but knowing
Microsoft they'll still support it in the same way that you can't have
specific file names, such as: con.doc ; prn.txt ; aux.html etc. still!


By reading the Wikipedia page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode_input#In_Microsoft_Windows
... I discovered that Microsoft have a 'RichEdit' mode in some
applications, which will allow a user to type a number, followed by
Alt+x - but it appears that Adobe / FrameMaker do not support that.


Regards
// Simon BUCH -- M-AIS eAIP consultant