These are the only nonalphanumeric characters that can be used as the first character in a menu label. Nonalphanumeric characters not listed are reserved for future use as special menu characters.
| Character | Description |
| - - | Expands to become a separator line in the pull-down and cursor menus (when used with no other characters). |
| + | Continues macro to the next line (if last character). |
| -> | Prefix that indicates that the pull-down or cursor menu item has a submenu. |
| <- | As a prefix, indicates that the pull-down or cursor menu item is the last item in the submenu. |
| <-<-... | As a prefix, indicates that the pull-down or cursor menu item is the last item in the submenu, and terminates the parent menu. One <- is required to terminate each parent menu. |
| $( | As a prefix, enables the pull-down or cursor menu item label to evaluate a DIESEL string macro. |
| ~ | As a prefix, disables (grays out) a menu item. |
| !. | As a prefix, marks a menu item with a check mark. |
| & | Placed directly before a character, specifies that character as the menu access key in a pull-down or cursor menu label. For example, S&le displays Sample. An alternative is to place a /c at the beginning of the label, where c is the access key in the label. For example, /aSample displays Sample. |
| \t | Specifies that all label text to the right of these characters is pushed to the right side of the menu. |