Special Characters

EndNote references can include special characters, including characters with diacritics, Greek, mathematical, and typographical symbols. Diacritical characters are a part of standard Windows fonts, and many common symbols can be entered using the Symbol font.

EndNote uses Unicode to encode special characters, so that data can be easily translated between platforms, programs, and languages.

EndNote uses the default language setting of your operating system. If the characters you wish to use require installing a different language, see Working with Multiple Languages.

Special characters can be entered into EndNote using any of these text-entry methods:

Type the character on the keyboard (if the character is part of the language supported by the keyboard).
For common symbol characters, especially Greek characters, you can use the Symbol font by selecting Font > Symbol from the Edit menu.
Copy the character from another program, and paste it into your EndNote library.
Use The Character Map program supplied with Windows to copy characters into EndNote.

Characters with diacritics can be entered into EndNote references and into EndNote term lists. If you frequently use certain diacritical characters, or words that include diacritical characters, you can store them in a term list and then select them from the list when entering references. See Introduction to Term Lists. However, only one term list can be associated with an EndNote field, so you will not be able to insert a special character from a term list into a field that already has a term list associated with it. You would need to enter it in another field, then cut-and-paste it into the field where you need it.

Note: If characters from other languages do not appear as they should in EndNote, see Working with Multiple Languages.