windows (Archived) special characters - whether Windows or Mac

[guycruls 2]

Hello,

I use Evernote in Window Vista and Windows 7 quite a bit.

I often need to insert special characters but never try, because the facility doesn't seem to be there.

Isn't it time we had a shortcut in the toolbar?

Click icon in toolbar and dialog pops up showing most common special characters.

Surely not such a tall order, technically?

Thanks

Guy

[jefito 5,229]

In Windows you can always use the Character Map program (see http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/using-special-characters-character-map-frequently-asked-questions), which is part of Windows. A little clumsy, because you need to copy/paste from Character Map into Evernote, but at least it works, and it's there now.

[BurgersNFries 2,405]

Hello,

I use Evernote in Window Vista and Windows 7 quite a bit.

I often need to insert special characters but never try, because the facility doesn't seem to be there.

Isn't it time we had a shortcut in the toolbar?

Click icon in toolbar and dialog pops up showing most common special characters.

Surely not such a tall order, technically?

Thanks

Guy

 

 

Also, you can either use the keystrokes for the characters (like typing alt-0171 for «) or use something like Autohotkey (free)/Activewords (free and pay versions) to plug in the keystrokes. 

[gazumped 6,790]

Surely not such a tall order, technically?

 

Possibly not,  but Evernote have a lot of users to support,  operate on multiple platforms and dozens of languages,  and already have a full calendar of updates and upgrades that will probably last until 2020.  Fitting even a small change into the programme (unless it's already been scheduled there) is kind've like interrupting the countdown to an Apollo launch with "Guys - why don't we go to Mars this time instead..."

 

There have been lots of calls for upgrades to the note editor though - maybe there's something in the pipeline.

[guycruls 2]

thanks to jefito, burgersnfries and gazumped for feedback.

I like your feedback jefito - I've added the character map to my start menu and task bar and that's a huge improvement already. 

burgersnfries - too obscure for me I'm afraid!

gazumped - fingers crossed for that upgrade, uh?

have a great weekend everyone!