Understand how to use key sequences to insert special characters in Adobe FrameMaker.
The Windows character set is based on the ANSI character set, and includes some additional characters not in the ANSI set.
The tables in this section list the supported character sets, and the unsupported keyboard shortcuts in FrameMaker 7.x and FrameMaker 8 and above.
The following table lists the special hyphens, spaces, returns, and undisplayed characters supported in FrameMaker 7.x and above.
Special hyphens, spaces, returns, and undisplayed characters |
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Standard character set |
Symbol and Dingbats character sets |
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Hex code |
Key or key sequence |
Standard character set: graphic and name |
Hex code |
Key or key sequence |
Standard character set: graphic and name |
ZapfDingbats: graphic |
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Esc - Shift+d or ctrl+- |
discretionary hyphen |
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Esc - Shift+d or ctrl+- |
discretionary hyphen |
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Esc n s |
suppress hyphenation |
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Esc n s |
suppress hyphenation |
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Esc - h |
nonbreaking hyphen |
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Esc - h |
nonbreaking hyphen |
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Tab |
tab |
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Tab |
tab |
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Shift+Return |
forced return |
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Shift+Return |
forced return |
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Return |
end of paragraph |
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Return |
end of paragraph |
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Esc space 1 |
numeric space |
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Esc space 1 |
numeric space |
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Esc space h or ctrl+space |
nonbreaking space |
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Esc space h or ctrl+space |
nonbreaking space |
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Esc space t |
thin space |
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Esc space t |
thin space |
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Esc space n or Alt+ctrl+space |
en space |
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Esc space n or Alt+ctrl+space |
en space |
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Esc space m or ctrl+Shift+space |
em space |
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Esc space m or ctrl+Shift+space |
em space |
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ctrl+' |
' |
quotesingle |
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ctrl+' |
‘ such that |
' |
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ctrl+` |
` |
grave |
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ctrl+' |
‘ radiclex |
` |
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ctrl+q Shift+z |
/ |
fraction |
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ctrl+q Shift+w |
Þ |
Reserved |
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ctrl+q ´ |
ß |
Reserved |
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ctrl+q Shift+m |
õ |
Reserved |
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ctrl+q t |
ù |
Reserved |
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ctrl+q r |
ú |
Reserved |
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ctrl+q Shift+j |
þ |
Reserved |
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ctrl+q Shift+f |
ý |
hungarumlaut |
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