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QUESTION
How can I place special characters in my text, such as the degrees (°) symbol?
ANSWER
There are several ways to add special characters to your text. In this article we will cover a few of them.
To insert special characters in Chief Architect
- Select CAD> Text> Rich Text
from the menu.
Special characters can also be added to standard text.
- Click anywhere in your plan to place the text object and open the Rich Text Specification dialog.
- In the Rich Text Specification dialog, click the Insert Macro
button.
- Select Global> Special Characters to expose a list of special characters available for insert.

- Select a character to insert it at your cursor's current position.
To insert special characters with the Windows Character Map
- On the keyboard, press Windows Key
+ R to open the Run dialog.
- Type in
charmap
and click OK to open the Character Map.
- Check the box next to Advanced view, type the name of the character you want to use in the Search for field, then click Search.

- Click on the character that you want to use, then click the Select button.
- Click the Copy button to copy the character, then Paste it into your desired text object.
To insert special characters with the Character Viewer on macOS
- In a Chief Architect plan or layout file, Open
the text object that you would like to add a special character to.
- Navigate to Edit> Emoji & Symbols to open the Character Viewer.
The Character Viewer can also be opened by pressing fn+E or Control+Command+Space bar on the keyboard.
- Click on the Expand/Collapse
button located in the top right corner to expand the Character Viewer.
- Use the Search field or browse the various categories to locate the character that you would like to use.

- Double-click on a character to insert it into the text object.