Inserting Greek Letters into Text

[Mary...@adobeforums.com]

I need to added Greek Letters to my text that's not an equation. The symbols page of HELP says Control+Alt+m but when I do this nothing happens. Can anyone advise me on the proper way to insert these symbols please. Thanks.

[Sheila_...@adobeforums.com]

Mary, can you tell us a bit more information:

What O/S
What version of FM?

What font face are you wanting to use?

Sheila

[Beverly...@adobeforums.com]

Mary,
For beta, try holding alt and typing 098. For mu, hold alt and type 0109. Make sure your font is symbols.

Hope this helps,
Beverly

[Mary...@adobeforums.com]

I'm using Framemaker 7.0 and Win 2000 pro. Font is Arial. I need to insert symbols for beta & mu. Thanks for any advice you can offer.

[Mary...@adobeforums.com]

Thanks Beverly but that didn't work either. I have the symbol font available to select but nothing happens when I type alt+098 or alt+0109. Thanks for your time.

Mary

[Beverly...@adobeforums.com]

Mary, you get nothing at all, or just the wrong characters?

[Mary...@adobeforums.com]

I get nothing at all.

[Sheila_...@adobeforums.com]

Do you have your NumLock key turned on?

[Mary...@adobeforums.com]

No, the numlock key is not on. I have a laptop so I don't have a numlock. I'm suppose to hold the ALT key while typing the numbers 098 is this correct?

[Beverly...@adobeforums.com]

Maybe that is the problem. It only works for me when I use the number pad with numlock on. If I hold alt and use the number row on top of keyboard, I just get beeps.

[Sheila_...@adobeforums.com]

Glad you solved it, Mary. The necessity of having NumLock on (or in your case, the correct function (FN) key setting) while typing the Alt+ character numbers is something that trips folks up fairly often.

[Mary...@adobeforums.com]

That's it! I have a function key that changes the "mapping' of my keyboard. So mu & beta are achieved by FN then M or B using the symbols font. Thanks so much. FYI - I'm using a IBM ThinkPad.