How do I include accents and special characters in the abstracts and titles?
You shouldn’t encounter any trouble if your titles and abstracts use only the basic ASCII character set (this includes the numbers 0-9, upper- and lower-case letters A-Z, and standard English punctuation). Characters with diacritical marks (accents or umlauts) are not part of the ASCII character set and therefore need to be handled differently. Windows Users The method for Windows users to enter these characters into the submission form involves pressing the Alt key plus a four digit number using the numeric keypad (with Num Lock on). • ALT + 0224 = à • ALT + 0225 = á • ALT + 0232 = è • ALT + 0233 = é • ALT + 0200 = È • ALT + 0242 = ò • ALT + 0243 = ó • ALT + 0241 = ñ Macintosh Users Macintosh users should press the Option key while typing one of the letters below to get the desired character.
The repository software supports the ISO 8859-1 character set (this includes the numbers 0-9, upper- and lower-case letters A-Z, and standard English punctuation). Although you may take advantage of the complete character set, we recommend you consider not using special characters as these may inhibit user searches, both on the web and on the site.
You shouldn’t encounter any trouble if your titles and abstracts use only the basic ASCII character set (this includes the numbers 0-9, upper- and lower-case letters A-Z, and standard English punctuation). Characters with diacritical marks (accents or umlauts) are not part of the ASCII character set and therefore need to be handled differently. Windows Users The method for Windows users to enter these characters into the submission form involves pressing the Alt key plus a four digit number using the numeric keypad (with Num Lock on). ALT + 0224 = à ALT + 0225 = á ALT + 0232 = è ALT + 0233 = é ALT + 0200 = È ALT + 0242 = ò ALT + 0243 = ó ALT + 0241 = ñ Macintosh Users Macintosh users should press the Option key while typing one of the letters below to get the desired character. To get this:Type this key combination: circumflex ê Ê Option + i, the letter umlaut ü Ü Option + u, the letter cedilla ç Ç Option + c or C ¿ Option + ? ß Option + s ¡ Option + 1 £ Option + 3 § Option + 6 º Optio
You shouldn’t encounter any trouble if your titles and abstracts use only the basic ASCII character set (this includes the numbers 0-9, upper- and lower-case letters A-Z, and standard English punctuation). Characters with diacritical marks (accents or umlauts) are not part of the ASCII character set and therefore need to be handled differently. Windows Users The method for Windows users to enter these characters into the submission form involves pressing the Alt key plus a four digit number using the numeric keypad (with Num Lock on). ALT + 0224 = à ALT + 0225 = á ALT + 0232 = è ALT + 0233 = é ALT + 0200 = È ALT + 0242 = ò ALT + 0243 = ó ALT + 0241 = ñ Macintosh Users Macintosh users should press the Option key while typing one of the letters below to get the desired character.
You shouldn’t encounter any trouble if your titles and abstracts use only the basic ASCII character set (this includes the numbers 0-9, upper- and lower-case letters A-Z, and standard English punctuation). Characters with diacritical marks (accents or umlauts) are not part of the ASCII character set and therefore need to be handled differently. For hints on how to handle special characters, view the list below and consult our abstract formatting hints. Windows Users To get the desired character, press the Alt key plus a four digit number using the numeric keypad (with Num Lock on). ALT + 0224 = à ALT + 0225 = á ALT + 0232 = è ALT + 0233 = é ALT + 0200 = È ALT + 0242 = ò ALT + 0243 = ó ALT + 0241 = ñ Macintosh Users To get the desired character, press the Option key while typing one of the letters below.
