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What are the shortcuts for insert special characters?

Edit and Move Text Shortcuts - Insert Special Characters

The shortcuts for edit and move text - insert special characters are:

CTRL+F9 = Field
SHIFT+ENTER = Line break
CTRL+ENTER = Page break
CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER = Column break
CTRL+HYPHEN = Optional hyphen
CTRL+SHIFT+HYPHEN = Nonbreaking hyphen
CTRL+SHIFT+SPACEBAR = Nonbreaking space
ALT+CTRL+C = Copyright symbol
ALT+CTRL+R = Registered trademark symbol
ALT+CTRL+T = Trademark symbol
ALT+CTRL+PERIOD = Ellipsis
ALT+SHIFT+O = Mark a table of contents entry
CTRL+SHIFT+F3 = View Spike contents

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