* Unicode in Notes? SOLVED!!

[fhtess65]

I'm working on my Polish side and have noticed that in notes, unicode isn't supported properly - the Polish diacritics are mangled This is something fundamental for genealogy. Am I missing something?

ETA - I pasted the citation directly from RootsMagic, rather than typing it in...

[Jane]

Have you checked your selected font supports them?

Did you copy and paste text or enter it directly?

[sbell95]

Teresa, have you tried entering the characters from the character map?

How to Enter Accented and Other Special Characters

[fhtess65]

Hi Jane,

Thanks for answering.

I pasted directly, so haven't tried entering from the character map...a bit frustrating as it's already typed out (in RootsMagic) and I'm pasting to avoid having to type it all again.

Using the character map works, but it's slow and painful...not really a solution for those of us who have names with diacritics...Is it worth raising the issue with CP?

[fhtess65]

Have you checked your selected font supports them?

My selected font is TNR - definitely supports Polish diacritics as I use them in other apps with that font.

[BillH]

Using the character map works, but it's slow and painful...not really a solution for those of us who have names with diacritics...Is it worth raising the issue with CP?

Teresa,

Have you tried using the Language and Accent Characters dialog by holding down a key which pops up a menu from which you can select the character you want. See How to > Enter Accent Characters in the FH v7 help.

Bill

[fhtess65]

Thanks, Bill - no, I hadn't tried that yet...it does seem to work and is definitely preferable to character map, at least for now.

Appreciate your help

Teresa

[fhtess65]

Character map is slow and painful.

Pressing and holding the key for a pop-up is better, but I still think I should be able to paste directly into a note and have the unicode characters preserved.

Ah well, first world problems.

Thanks for answering

Teresa

Teresa, have you tried entering the characters from the character map?

How to Enter Accented and Other Special Characters

[tatewise]

Copying any genuine Unicode accented characters into the FH rich text Note window should work.
Maybe the text you were copying from was not formed with genuine Unicode characters.
Have you tried copying that same text anywhere else such as a word-processor? Does that work correctly or not?
If you enter Polish diacritics into a word-processor, can you copy them into FH rich text Notes?
Please perform experiments such as those and tell us what works and what does not work.
If there really is a problem then CP certainly should be informed.

[fhtess65]

I just tried copying directly from my word processor into a rich text note in FH, and same result. Similarly, I've been copying back and forth between documents in my word processor with no issue.

However, I narrowed it down - it's an issue with Atlantis Word Processor. I opened in Word, then copied and pasted from there, and it was fine. Hmmm...I guess I will report to Atlantis instead.

As always, thanks for the guidance, Mike

Teresa

Copying any genuine Unicode accented characters into the FH rich text Note window should work.
Maybe the text you were copying from was not formed with genuine Unicode characters.
Have you tried copying that same text anywhere else such as a word-processor? Does that work correctly or not?
If you enter Polish diacritics into a word-processor, can you copy them into FH rich text Notes?
Please perform experiments such as those and tell us what works and what does not work.
If there really is a problem then CP certainly should be informed.

[fhtess65]

I discovered if I right click and select Paste Unformatted Text it will paste correctly. Interesting...but at least it works now

Thanks again, everyone.

Teresa