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I hope this is an easy question. How does one type "§" and "¶" and other special characters directly into a text field? I am using LC 7.1.3 on a Windows machine. Using the alt+0167 and alt+0182 key combinations for those two characters would work in other versions, but nothing seems to happen using this version. (Copy and paste does work.)

Monty

Hi.

I am on a Mac, but I cannot imagine there could be too much of a difference.

If I type "option-6" or "option-7" I get the chars you indicated directly. I assume the "windows" key is the analog?

Craig Newman

as i guy that dropper more or less out of programming then ms-windows arrived i wonder, has you tried alt+167 and alt+188?

Thanks for the suggestions, but when I try to type the section symbol, they don't work using LC 7.1.3, either on my laptop (Windows 10) or on my desktop (Windows 7). AFAIK, the PC analog of the Command key of the Mac is the alt key, not the Windows key, but neither key works, either alt+0167, alt+167, Win+0167, or Win+167. As you can see, alt+0167 does work when I type the symbol in the web browser: §. Wa-lah! Makes we wish I used a Mac.

Monty

Character maps. Thanks FourthWorld. I tried it and found that the user has two methods. He/she can click the "Select button" and then click the "Copy" button, and then go to the text field and position the cursor and paste the character. Not as fast as typing alt+0167, and on my machine the font size is much smaller than the existing text. It doesn't work very well. However, the other method--clicking and dragging the enlarged character into the LC text field--produces a character of the right size and is much faster. Thanks again.

Monty

ok, found this site, but are using mac at home, so can't test it https://forlang.wsu.edu/help-pages/micr ... rnational/

according to that site
§ <Right Alt><Shift> s
¶ <Right Alt> ;

but that is on a english US. keyboard.