Cannot insert the infinity symbol and other special character problems

[Ed Nodland]

Framemaker does not appear to handle hexadecimal values using the ALT +
numeric keypad values.  It does handle decimal values but I can't determine
what the different code points (character values) are mapped to. ALT+8734
results in a solid triangle for me.

You can select File > Utilities >Character Palete and then use the single,
double and triple scroll buttons to move down to 221, then look in column E
to find the infinity symbol.  Click it to insert the character into your
content.

Ed Nodland




On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 11:33 AM, 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 it is Unicode 221E, but perhaps all that information is obsolete now.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
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