More Special Characters

Typographical Punctuation

In Citavi, you can use typographical punctuation marks to make your layout publication meet professional requirements — specifically dashes, ellipses, and quotation marks.

•The ellipsis (…) character prevents your word processor from breaking the line in the ellipsis. When used in a quotation, the ellipsis should be inside brackets.

•The dash comes in two lengths. The en dash is used in number ranges, such as date ranges (2004–2006), pagination (pp. 16–35), and in complex compounds (e.g. hyphenated compounds containing another compound). In most English styles, the em dash is used to set off a parenthetical phrase. Other languages or styles may follow different usages.

To enter typographical punctuation marks in a text field in Citavi, right-click in the text field and point to Special Characters and click the punctuation marks you want to insert. You can also type in a special character by entering its four-digit code while holding the Alt key. Additionally, all text fields that allow formatting have toolbar buttons to insert these characters.

Note that many typographical characters appear similar to punctuation on the keyboard. For example, the single angle quotation marks (‹ and ›) are not the same as the less-than and greater-than signs (< and >) found on most keyboards.

Non-Breaking Punctuation

Citavi also provides quick access to non-breaking spaces and non-breaking hyphens. These special versions of the space and hyphen are used to prevent a phrase from being broken across two lines. Regular spaces and hyphens indicate the boundary between two words, allowing your word processor to create line breaks, while non-breaking spaces and hyphens force the words connected by them to stay on the same line in the word processor. For example, a date written as "August 1, 1291" should use non-breaking spaces to keep it together on a line.

Other Special Characters

In addition to typographical punctuation, you may occasionally need to add special characters such as letters with diacritics, for example the ÿ in L'Haÿ-les-Roses. There are several ways to enter these:

1.With the Clipboard
This is often the fastest and most reliable way if you have an electronic document that contains the correct spelling. Copy the text to the Clipboard and then paste it into Citavi.

2.With the Windows Character Map
The Character Map shows you all the characters in a font, and lets you search and copy them. In Citavi, right-click in a text field, point to Special characters and then click Windows Character Map. Click a character to enlarge it. When you have found the right one, click Select and then click Copy to copy the character to the Clipboard. Now you can paste it into Citavi or any other program.

3.By Unicode Code Points
Every character can be identified by its Unicode code point, typically four digits prefixed with U+, for example, U+00FF for ÿ. Citavi can convert the code point to the correct character for you. Type the four digits of the code point without the prefix, then press Ctrl+Alt+U and Citavi will convert the character.

4.Windows Alt Codes
A smaller selection of characters also have Alt codes, a 1 to 4 digit number prefixed with Alt+ that can be used for quick entry, for example, Alt+0255 for ÿ. To enter a character, first make sure that Num Lock is turned on. Then hold the Alt key while you type the code on the numeric keypad. As soon as you release the Alt key, the character will be inserted. This works in all Windows programs.

Use Unicode code points or Alt codes for characters you enter often. To find a character's Unicode code point or its Alt code, use the Windows Character Map. When you click a character, its Unicode code point and, if available, its Alt code, will be shown at the bottom of the window.

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