Apple Numbers '08 - Manual (Page 128)

128 Chapter 7 Working with Text
Typing Special Characters and Symbols
Using the Mac OS X Character Palette, you can insert special characters, such as
mathematical symbols, letters with accent marks, arrows and other “dingbats,” and
more. You can also use this palette to enter Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Simplified
Chinese, and Korean characters, as well as characters from other languages.
To insert special characters or symbols:
1 Place the insertion point where you want the special character or symbol to appear.
2 Choose Edit > Special Characters to open the Character Palette (or choose Characters
from the Action pop-up menu in the lower-left corner of the Font panel).
3 Choose the type of characters you want to see from the View pop-up menu at the top
of the Character Palette. If you don't see the View menu, click the button in the upper-
right corner of the window to show the top portion of the window. Click this button
again to hide the top portion of the window.
4 Click an item in the list on the left to see the characters that are available in each
category.
5 Double-click the character or symbol on the right that you want to insert into your
spreadsheet, or select the character and click Insert.
If the character or symbol has variations, they appear at the bottom of the window
when you click the Character Info triangle or Font Variation triangle at the bottom of
the palette. Double-click one to insert it in your spreadsheet.
If the character doesn’t appear in your spreadsheet, Numbers may not support that
character.
Using Smart Quotes
Smart quotes are opening and closing quotation marks that are curly; the opening
quotation marks are different from the closing quotation marks. When you don’t use
smart quotes, the marks are straight and the opening and closing marks don’t differ.
To use smart quotes:
m Choose Numbers > Preferences, click Auto-Correction, and then select “Use smart
quotes.”
Smart quotes
Straight quotes