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This chapter provides a list of special characters that can
be used when writing a help topic.
The following special characters can be inserted into text by typing
the associated entity name in the position where the special character
is to appear. Table 5-1 Numeric and Special Graphic Symbols Symbol | Entity Name | Description |
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& | & | ampersand | ' | ' | apostrophe | * | * | asterisk | \ | \ | backslash,
reversed solidus | ¢ | ¢ | cent sign | : | : | colon | , | , | comma | @ | @ | commercial
at | © | © | copyright
symbol | ¤ | ¤ | general
currency sign | ↓ | ↓ | downward
arrow | ° | ° | degree
sign | ÷ | ÷ | divide
sign | $ | $ | dollar
sign | = | = | equal sign | ! | ! | exclamation
mark | ½ | ½ | fraction
one-half | ¼ | ¼ | fraction
one-quarter | 1/8 | &frac18 | fraction
one-eighth | ¾ | ¾ | fraction
three-quarters | 3/8 | &frac38 | fraction
three-eighths | 5/8 | ⅝ | fraction
five-eighths | 7/8 | ⅞ | fraction
seven-eighths | > | > | greater-than
sign | ½ | ½ | fraction
one-half | - | ‐ | hyphen | ¡ | ¡ | inverted
exclamation mark | ¿ | ¿ | inverted
question mark | ← | ← | leftward
arrow | { | { | left curly
brace | _ | _ | low line | ( | ( | left parenthesis | [ | [ | left square
bracket | ` | ‘ | left single
quote | < | < | less-than
sign | | | no break
space | ¬ | ¬ | not | # | # | number
sign | ¶ | ¶ | paragraph
sign | % | % | percent
sign | . | . | full stop,
period | + | + | plus sign | ± | ± | plus-or-minus
sign | £ | £ | pound sign | ? | ? | question
mark | → | → | rightward
arrow | } | } | right curly
brace | " | ” | right double
quote | ® | ® | registered
sign, a circled R | ) | ) | right parenthesis | ] | ] | right square
bracket | ' | ’ | right single
quote | § | § | section
sign | ; | ; | semicolon | / | / | solidus | × | × | multiply
sign | ™ | ™ | trademark
sign | ↑ | ↑ | upward
arrow | ¥ | ¥ | yen sign |
Table 5-2 Greek Characters Symbol | Entity Name | Description |
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Lowercase
Greek Letters | | α | α | lowercase
Greek alpha | β | β | lowercase
Greek beta | χ | χ | lowercase
Greek chi | δ | δ | lowercase
Greek delta | [epsiv] | ϵ | lowercase
Greek epsilon, variant | η | η | lowercase
Greek eta | γ | γ | lowercase
Greek gamma | ι | ι | lowercase
Greek iota | κ | κ | lowercase
Greek kappa | λ | λ | lowercase
Greek lambda | µ | μ | lowercase
Greek mu | ν | ν | lowercase
Greek nu | ω | ω | lowercase
Greek omega | φ | &phis; | lowercase
Greek phi | π | π | lowercase
Greek pi | ϖ | ϖ | lowercase
Greek pi, variant | ψ | ψ | lowercase
Greek psi | ρ | ρ | lowercase
Greek rho | σ | σ | lowercase
Greek sigma | τ | τ | lowercase
Greek tau | θ | &thetas; | lowercase
Greek theta | ϑ | ϑ | lowercase
Greek theta, variant | υ | υ | lowercase
Greek upsilon | ξ | ξ | lowercase
Greek xi | ζ | ζ | lowercase
Greek zeta | Uppercase
Greek Letters | | Δ | Δ | uppercase
Greek delta | Γ | Γ | uppercase
Greek gamma | Λ | &Lambda | uppercase
Greek lambda | Ω | Ω | uppercase
Greek omega | Π | Π | uppercase
Greek pi | Φ | Φ | uppercase
Greek phi | Ψ | Ψ | uppercase
Greek psi | Σ | Σ | uppercase
Greek sigma | Θ | Θ | uppercase
Greek theta | ϒ | ϒ | uppercase
Greek upsilon | Ξ | Ξ | uppercase
Greek xi |
Table 5-3 General Technical Symbols Symbol | Entity Name | Description |
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ℵ | ℵ | Hebrew
letter aleph | ∧ | ∧ | wedge,
logical AND | ≈ | ≈ | approximately
equal | ∩ | ∩ | intersection | ≅ | ≅ | congruent
with | ∪ | ∪ | union or
logical sum | ≡ | ≡ | identical
with | ∃ | ∃ | at least
one exists | ∀ | ∀ | for all | ≥ | ≥ | greater
than or equal | ∞ | ∞ | infinity | ∊ | ∈ | set membership | ≤ | ≤ | less than
or equal | ≠ | ≠ | not equal | ∉ | ∉ | negated
set membership | ∨ | ∨ | Vee, logical
OR | ∂ | ∂ | partial
differential | ⊥ | ⊥ | perpendicular | ′ | ′ | prime,
or minute of arc | ∝ | ∝ | proportional
to | ⇒ | ⇒ | right double
arrow | ⊂ | ⊂ | subset;
is implied by | ⊆ | ⊆ | subset,
equals | ⊃ | ⊃ | superset;
implies | ∴ | ∴ | therefore | ″ | ″ | double
prime, or second of an arc |
Table 5-4 Publishing Symbols Symbol | Entity Name | Description |
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• | • | round bullet,
filled | ♣ | ♣ | clubs suit
symbol | ♦ | ♦ | diamonds
suit symbol | ♥ | ♥ | hearts
suit symbol | ... | … | horizontal
ellipsis | — | — | em dash
(long dash) | - | – | en dash
(short dash) | ♠ | ♠ | spades
suit symbol | | [vellip] | ⋮ | vertical
ellipsis |
Table 5-5 Latin 1 Characters Symbol | Entity Name | Description |
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á | á | small a,
acute accent | â | â | small a,
circumflex | æ | æ | small ae
diphthong | à | à | small a,
grave accent | å | å | small a,
ring | ã | ã | small a,
tilde | ä | ä | small a,
umlaut mark | ç | ç | small c,
cedilla | é | é | small e,
acute accent | ê | ê | small e,
circumflex | è | è | small e,
grave accent | ð | ð | small eth,
Icelandic | ë | ë | small e,
umlaut mark | í | í | small i,
acute accent | î | î | small i,
circumflex | ì | ì | small i,
grave accent | ï | ï | small i,
umlaut mark | ñ | ñ | small N,
tilde | ó | ó | small o,
acute accent | ô | ô | small o,
circumflex | ò | ò | small o,
grave accent | ø | ø | small o,
slash | õ | õ | small o,
tilde | ö | ö | small o,
umlaut mark | ß | ß | small sharp
s, German | | þ | þ | small thorn,
Icelandic | ú | ú | small u,
acute accent | û | û | small u,
circumflex | ù | ù | small u,
grave accent | ü | ü | small u,
umlaut mark | ý | ý | small y,
acute accent | ÿ | ÿ | small y,
umlaut mark | Á | Á | capital
a, acute accent | Â | Â | capital
a, circumflex | Æ | Æ | capital
ae diphthong | À | À | capital
a, grave accent | Å | Å | capital
a, ring | Ã | Ã | capital
a, tilde | Ä | Ä | capital
a, umlaut mark | Ç | Ç | capital
c, cedilla | É | É | capital
E, acute accent | Ê | Ê | capital
E, circumflex | È | È | capital
E, grave accent | Ð | Ð | capital
Eth, Icelandic | Ë | Ë | capital
E, umlaut mark | Í | Í | capital
I, acute accent | Î | Î | capital
I, circumflex | Ì | Ì | capital
I, grave accent | Ï | Ï | capital
I, umlaut mark | Ñ | Ñ | capital
N, tilde | Ó | Ó | capital
O, acute accent | Ô | Ô | capital
O, circumflex | Ò | Ò | capital
O, grave accent | Ø | Ø | capital
O, slash | Õ | Õ | capital
O, tilde | Ö | Ö | capital
O, umlaut mark | Þ | Þ | capital
THORN, Icelandic | Ú | Ú | capital
U, acute accent | Û | Û | capital
U, circumflex | Ù | Ù | capital
U, grave accent | Ü | Ü | capital
U, umlaut mark | Ý | Ý | capital
Y, acute accent |
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