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Adding special characters and symbols to text

Mac OS X provides a Character Palette you can use to add special characters, such as Greek symbols and mathematical symbols, to the text in your project. You can add special characters to any onscreen text, including button labels.

To add special characters to text:

Step 1

Highlight the text where you want to use a special character by clicking it twice.

Make sure you place your cursor where you want to insert the special character, or highlight just the letters you want to replace.

Step 2

Choose Edit > Special Characters to open the Character Palette.

Step 3

In the Character Palette, select the character you want to add by clicking it once.

Step 4

Click the Insert button in the lower-right corner of the Character Palette.

You can find more information about the Character Palette in Mac Help.

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