<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="2" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:to-be-embedded Eid="sonder" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:help-text value="visible">Inserts special characters from the installed fonts.</help:help-text></help:to-be-embedded> You can also access this command by pressing Shift+<help:switch select="System" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="MAC">Command</help:case><help:default>Ctrl</help:default></help:switch>+S.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="11" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>When you click a character in the <span class="T1">Special Characters </span>dialog, a preview and the corresponding numerical code for the character is displayed.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="4" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Select a font to display the special characters that are associated with it.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="20" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Select a Unicode category for the current font.</help:help-text> The special characters for the selected Unicode category are displayed in the character table.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="6" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Click the special character(s) that you want to insert, and then click <span class="T1">OK</span>.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="8" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Displays the special characters that you have selected.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="13" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Clears the current selection of special characters that you want to insert.</help:help-text></p>