Penn State University Libraries - Diacritics and Special Characters

In Symphony WorkFlows, insert diacritics, special characters, super/subscripts and Greek letters by choosing them from the Symbol Table, which can be found under the Tools menu. Make sure you have the "Customize font" setting set to Arial Unicode MS so that all the characters/symbols display properly. To choose which set of symbols you want to display, click on the drop down menu arrow to the right of the "Select code set" box and make the appropriate selection. Mousing over an item will display a pop-up text with its name. Highlight the symbol you want to enter by clicking on it, then click Insert. The highlighted symbol will be inserted where your cursor is located in the record.

Optionally, load the ALA Character Set of Diacritics and Symbols by checking it under the Tools-->Loaded Character Sets menu. After it is loaded, it will appear as an option under the Tools-->Symbol Table menu. When using the ALA Character Set, enter a diacritic following the letter you wish to modify. When inputting ligatures and multiple diacritics for a single letter, move left to right, bottom to top, starting with the (first) letter.

Note: German ß is not considered a special character because it is transliterated as a double s (e.g., Fluß = Fluss).

Alpha, beta and gamma are the only Greek letters that can be entered from the Symbol Table. The remaining Greek letters should be spelled out in brackets.