How to put a symbol in text note?

[ricardon@netcabo.pt]

Hello

How do i put a symbol used in a line (eg. a hollow circle ) in a note text.

I have a lot of lines with different symbol types, and i want to say in the text of a note that the hollow symbols means something and solid symbols means another thing. And i want to exemplify, putting in the text, for example, a hollow circle.

Thanks in advance

Ricardo

[DPlotAdmin]

You can't, unless you can find a Wingdings character that resembles your symbols. In that case you can insert a Wingdings character in your text with {\w1<char>}, where <char> is entered with Alt+ASCII code for the character. Wingdings 2 and 3 characters can be entered with {\w1<char>} and {\w2<char>}, respectively.

Edit: Whoops, that's a typo. Should be "Wingdings 2 and 3 characters can be entered with {\w2<char>} and {\w3<char>}, respectively."

For more information click the Help button on any dialog where those text entries are entered, and scroll down to the "Format codes" section.

[ricardon@netcabo.pt]

thanks

[ricardon@netcabo.pt]

I have find the wingdings characters that i need

they are wingdings 2 characters

but it seems that when i do {\w1<char>} e recognizes the 1 has the symbol that i want and it adds the <char> as well as wingdings and not as wingdings 2.

What i'm doing wrong?

[DPlotAdmin]

I'm not sure I understand what problem you're having, but see if this helps:


A couple of things I noticed when creating that note:
1) Characters with ASCII codes greater than 127 must be entered with a leading 0. For example the 2nd line was entered with
{\w1 Alt+0128 Alt+0129, etc.

2) You can't have the 125 character }, as DPlot sees that as the close of the formatting.

[ricardon@netcabo.pt]

[img]C:\Documents and Settings\RicardoS\Desktop\ex.bmp[/img]

this is what i get doing what you have done

As you can see it is not assuming wingdings1 and wingdings2. It assumes always wingdings (the 1 and 2 that i put after e recognizes it as a character (see the folder symbol and the symbol file in the image)


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[ricardon@netcabo.pt]

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[ricardon@netcabo.pt]

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/6572/72333404.png

see this image

[DPlotAdmin]

I can't explain how this would happen. It looks correct to me. If you aren't using a recent version of DPlot please use Check for Updates on the Help menu to get the latest.