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Entering Foreign Language Characters & Symbols

Non-roman scripts, fonts and special characters

EndNote allows you to use any font that can be installed in Word. This means it is possible to enter:

  • Non-roman scripts, including Asian language scripts
  • Letters with diacritic marks
  • Greek letters, mathematical symbols, typographical symbols

To change the display font in EndNote, select Edit > Preferences > Display Fonts.

Entering Diacritic Marks and Special Characters in Windows

You can enter diacritics and special characters in these ways:

  • Type the character on the keyboard, if the character is part of the language supported by the keyboard
  • Copy the character from another source and paste into the reference
  • Use the Character Map supplied with Windows to select the character
  • Type the ANSI or ASCII code for the character on the numeric keypad of your keyboard while holding down the ALT key. If you use a laptop, this option may not be available to you
  • For frequently used words with diacritical marks, use the EndNote term lists to store them (See the Tools menu for Term Lists)

Language Options Available on InfoCommons Computers

A number of language options are available on ANU Information Commons computers.

Using language options on Windows:

  • Click on the blue symbol in the toolbar in the bottom right corner of the screen. The languages available are displayed
  • Select one
  • If you need an on-screen keyboard, select START> Programs > Accessories > Accessibility > On Screen Keyboard

Using language options on Macs:

  • Click on the language symbol in the top right corner of the screen (usually showing a flag)
  • Select the language input required, e.g. for Chinese characters select ITABC for Pinyin input
  • If you need an on-screen keyboard, scroll to the end of the language list and select View on-screen keyboard

For more information on language input methods and fonts, see the information sheet on Multilingual Computing: http://sts-dev.anu.edu.au:8880/infocommons-web/pages/Multilingual



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