QuickLabel Designer Pro - Manual (Page 165)

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Special Characters
Using Special Characters
Special characters are the kind of characters you usually cannot find directly on your keyboard. In
spite of that, some of them can be typed in using combinations of Alternate and Control keys.
The problem usually does not appear with your language-specific characters (ä, í, ń, ş, č, A etc), you
can enter them directly on the keyboard or using Alt+ combination. alternatively Win-
dows utility Character Map can be used to find appropriate character and paste it to the label.
You might have problems using other kind of special characters. Sometimes there is a need to
include a character with ASCII code below 32. These are so-called control characters. They cannot
be normally entered to labeling or any other application. There is an alternative method of entering
such characters, explained later in this topic.
There are several methods how special characters can be typed in to the labeling software.
Entering characters with <#hex_code> syntax
Another method of entering special characters is using the syntax <#hex_code>. The hex_code
stands for a two-character mark in hexadecimal numerical system. The appropriate values go from 0
(decimal 0) to FF (decimal 255).
For example, <#BC> (decimal 188) would be the same as , as they both would encode the
character with ASCII code 0188.
Entering characters with Alt+
This method is valid only for characters that are above ASCII code 32. A typical example would be
FNC codes that are used to encode GS1-128 (EAN.UCC 128) bar code data. The labeling software
will encode this type of bar code according to standards and normally you would not have to change
anything about it. However, sometimes it is necessary to manually add such character to label data.
To include Function Codes just type in the appropriate character for Function Code. ASCII codes of
Function Codes are as follows:
FNC1 0188
FNC2 0189
FNC3 0190
FNC4 0191
To type in character for FNC1, press and hold down left Alt key, then type in digits 0188 on the
numeric keyboard. Note the leading zero, it is mandatory. Release the Alt key and FNC1 character
should appear.
These characters can be typed in directly using the keyboard.