Inserting a special character in the Translation editor

Information

Scope: Describes how to insert special characters in the TANGO Supplier Portal Translation editor
Intended Audience: Any Supplier Portal user
Report errors to: CBG Support Center

Table of Contents

Introduction
Method 1 - Keyboard shortcut
Method 2 - Numpad
Method 3 - Charmap
Method 4 - Unicode Table
Nothing works?

IntroductionWe now have various ways to insert special characters into the translation in the Translation module in Supplier Portal.

Here are various possible methods in escalating order of complexity.

Note that for method #2 you need to know the number for the character in question.

Method 1 - Keyboard shortcutCBG has created shortcuts for some special characters, and will add more as and when they become necessary.

For example, use the following key combination to insert a non-breaking space:

Ctrl+Shift+Space

See Keyboard Shortcuts in Translation module for all keyboard shortcuts.

Method 2 - NumpadIf you have a numpad on your keyboard, you can use the Windows Alt+number method.

For example, use the following combination to insert a Euro (€) sign: Alt+0128.

Method 3 - CharmapIf you have no numpad...

Click the Windows icon and type "charmap" and open the Character Map application
Find the character you need (you can use the "Search for" field if you know the name of it):

Note that if you can see the Keystroke Alt+number shortcut in the bottom right (not all characters show this), then this number can be used in method 2!
Click the Select button - the Copy button should become enabled
Click the Copy button
Paste into Supplier Portal using Ctrl+V

Method 4 - Unicode Table https://unicode-table.com/en/

This website is a very user-friendly way of finding pretty much any character and copying it (and finding the Alt-number shortcut if one exists; then you can use method 2).

For example, for the Euro sign, you can search as follows and click on the first result: