Cannot insert the infinity symbol and other special character problems

[Fred Ridder]

Windows Character Map should work, but not all systems have it installed. My company's IT department, for example, does not include it in the standard corporate desktop image. But the necessary executable *is* present in all Windows 7 system installations, and you can install it as a "Windows component"  from the Add Programs control panel tool.

But as of FM9, FrameMaker itself has a similar (albeit *very* crude looking...) tool built in. Go to Edit>Utilities>Character Palette. And if you know the Unicode character number, you can also use File>Utilities>Hex Input, whihc is even cruder looking than the Character Palette (if that is possible).

-Fred Ridder

From: rentagoodbook at gmail.com
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 14:11:54 -0600
Subject: Re: Cannot insert the infinity symbol and other special character	problems
To: FeiMin.Lorente at onsemi.com
CC: framers at lists.frameusers.com

Fei Min,I'm on Frame 8, so I have no solutions for Frame 10, but have you tried using Windows Character Map (under Programs>Accessories>System Tools) as a workaround? I was able to find and copy the ∞ symbol from there.

Not a terribly elegant solution, but an alternative to copy/paste from Word...-Lise

On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 1:33 PM, Fei Min Lorente <FeiMin.Lorente at onsemi.com> wrote:










I’m working in FrameMaker 10 on Windows 7 and I cannot insert the infinity symbol. According to the FrameMaker character set documentation, it is Unicode 221E, but perhaps all that information is obsolete now. In any case, I tried holding
 down Alt while I pressed +221e, and all I got was the Edit menu. I can’t find a keyboard shortcut for it. I resorted to getting the symbol in Word and copying and pasting it into FrameMaker, but seriously, is that what I have to do? Or do I have to create
 an equation and insert the symbol?
 
My colleague is also working in FrameMaker 10 on Windows 7 and she can’t use the keyboard shortcuts (such as ctrl-q shift-8 to get a TM symbol). She gets other characters instead. She’s resorted to copying and pasting from Word, and those
 all work except for the infinity symbol. All the information I’ve found on the internet has been for FrameMaker 7 or older. Can anyone tell me what to do for FrameMaker 10?
 
Fei Min Lorente
Senior Technical Communicator
Medical and Wireless Division


feimin.lorente at onsemi.com


+1 519-884-9696 ext. 2229 | Waterloo office


+1 519-831-4931 | mobile


+1 905-631-5724 | fax


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