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# 10.1.4 Insert symbols and special characters from the character table

> How to open it, layout, how to use it, when to use it

The character table lets you **insert symbols, special characters, and extended characters** into a document.

You can pick characters that are hard to type on the keyboard.

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## How do I open it?

Click the **special character icon** in the top toolbar or use **Ctrl + F10**.

A character table window opens in the center of the screen.

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## Layout

The character table has two areas.

### 1. Left: category list

Characters are grouped by type, for example:

* Recently used
* Punctuation
* Quotes and brackets
* Currency
* Math/units
* Arrows
* Greek
* Latin extended
* Hangul jamo
* Symbols
* Basic Latin
* Cyrillic
* Arabic
* Hebrew
* CJK unified ideographs
* Hiragana
* Katakana
* Emoji
* Box drawing
* Geometric shapes
* Dingbats
* Supplemental
* Miscellaneous

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### 2. Character grid

The right side shows characters for the selected category.

Click a character to insert it at the cursor.

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## How to use it

### Step 1 — Choose a category

Pick the type of character you want (e.g. math → “Math/units”, arrows → “Arrows”).

### Step 2 — Click the character

Clicking inserts it at the cursor. No extra confirmation.

### Step 3 — Use “Recently used”

Frequently used characters appear in “Recently used” for quick access.

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## When to use it

The character table is useful when you need to:

* Add unit symbols (℃, %, №, etc.) in reports
* Add symbols for formulas
* Build simple box diagrams
* Add text in other scripts
* Add decorative characters
* Unify quotes and brackets

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## Tips

### Consistent tone

Using the same symbols (e.g. em dash instead of hyphen, curly quotes) raises the polish of the document.

### Visual structure

Arrows and box-drawing characters can show simple structure in plain text.

### International documents

Greek, Latin extended, and other scripts support more formal or multilingual documents.

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## Things to watch

* Too many symbols can hurt readability.
* Choose characters that fit the purpose of the document.
* Some characters may not render the same on every platform; check when exporting.

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## Summary

The character table extends what you can type.

* Many symbol categories
* Support for extended scripts
* Shortcut: Ctrl + F10
* Recently used is saved

Simple as a feature, but it can make a real difference in how finished the document feels.