# Character entities

The entities for characters, for example ü is &uuml;. All possible entities are divided into three submenus. Picking a character from these menus is only useful if you only want a single character. If you write in a language which use a lot of these characters, type them in the document as usual and then use the character translation.

Add... - Letters can be added to the short list at the top. Choose the ones you want from a pick list.

Default - Sets the short list at the top back to the default setting: less than, greater than, ampersand, nonbreak space.

Clear - Removes all letters from the short list.

You can define key bindings for all character entities using Key Bindings in the HTML Utilities menu.

Small Chars Inserts the character entity for a letter, for example, á inserts &aacute;. | Capital Chars Inserts the character entity for a capital letter. The reason for the accent being beside some letters is that the Chicago font does not have these accented letters. | Other Chars 1 and Other Chars 2 Character entities for other characters. Depending on which menu font you are using, a few of the characters to the left marking the menu items may not be the correct ones.