March 7th, 2006
Entering Extended Characters
The other day on the developerWorks
for Lotus Notes6/7 Forum,
the question "How do I create a Trademark ™ or Registered ®
symbol?" was asked. I figured I'd share the answer here for
everyone to benefit from.
When entering text, Lotus Notes allows you to enter what is called "extended
characters". There are things like accented characters (â,
ä, á, å), symbols (®, ™, ©), fractions (½, ¼, ¾), and more. There
are two ways to enter these extended characters.
The first is to press ALT+F1, then press the appropriate "Compose
sequence". For example:
™ is created by pressing ALT+F1, then t, then m.
® is created by pressed ALT+F1, then r, then o.
Note: The "compose sequences" are different for Windows and Macintosh.
The second way to create extended characters is a little more complex,
but is consistent across Windows and Macintosh. You press
ALT+F1, then ALT+F1 again, then the appropriate "Extended compose
sequence". For example:
® is created by pressing ALT+F1, then ALT+F1, then 0-169.
© is created by pressing ALT+F1, then ALT+F1, then 0-184.
Obviously the first method is a little simpler to remember! For
your reference, the list of extended characters available is easily found
in your Lotus Notes Help database in the document "Special characters
listed by extended compose sequence". Alternatively, you can
access the list on web via Special
characters listed alphabetically by name of character ,
or Special
characters listed by extended compose sequence.
Hopefully this tip will help you create some of the more common extended
characters that you may need to use when writing.
