Specifying Quick Characters

If there is a particular character or symbol (e.g., a non-breaking space, a copyright symbol, an ellipsis, a monetary symbol) that you use quite frequently, you can associate it with the Insert Quick Character option. Then, whenever you select this option, that specific character or symbol will be inserted.

How to Specify a Quick Character

1. Open the document or topic.
2. (Optional) If the character is shown in the file you have open, you can select and copy it.
3. Do one of the following, depending on the part of the user interface you are using:
   • Ribbon Select Insert > Character (face of the button).
   • Local Toolbar In the local toolbar of the XML Editor, click the face of the Character button .
   • Keyboard Shortcut Press SHIFT+F11.

   The Character dialog opens.

4. Do one of the following:
   • Click in the Quick Character field, removing the previous character if necessary. Then paste your selection into that field.
   • Right-click on any character shown in the dialog, and from the context menu select Set as quick character.
   • Click once on any character shown in the dialog, and on the right side of the dialog click .
5. Click Close.