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Charles.A.1
USA
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 Posted - 01/09/2002 : 5:30:34 PM
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How can I put the special character for the wavelength unit for Angstroms (an 'A' with the little circle on top of it) on an axis label? Or can I?
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H.Steen
Norway
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Posted - 01/10/2002 : 03:50:14 AM
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The character is within the normal font set so you need only the key code, it is 0143 (correction: 0197 as given by Mike below), enter this on the numeric keypad while you are pressing down the Alt-key.
The keycode is 0+extended ASCII code so if you have a computer book showing the ASCII code you can find other symbols too, it is also possible to insert them into for example Microsoft Word (Select Insert Symbol, select normal text and select the symbols you like). You can then use copy and paste to move them into Origin.
Helge
Edited by - H.Steen on 01/14/2002 12:49:39 |
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Mike
USA
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Posted - 01/10/2002 : 09:17:11 AM
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There are a couple of ways you can do this:
1. As Helge says, you can hold down the ALT key while entering the ASCII code for the desired character on the numeric key pad (Incidentally, I think that should be ALT + 0197 for the Angstrom character).
2. You can open the Character Map that is one of your Windows Accessories (System Tools in Win98), Select and Copy, and then paste the character into your text label in the Text Control dialog box in Origin.
3. If you know the ASCII code for your character, you can enter \(0197) into the label in your Origin Text Control dialog box (see page 450 - 451 in your User's Manual, version 6).
By the way, Origin 7.0 -- due out in the next couple of months -- will have in-place text editing (you will type and edit the label right on the graph or worksheet, bypassing the Text Control dialog box). One new feature is a symbol map that you can bring up with a right-click while in text edit mode. The new methods will allow you to choose the desired symbol, insert, and arrow right to continue entering text with your default font. Most users will find this more intuitive.
Thanks,
Mike
OriginLab Technical Support
Edited by - Mike on 01/10/2002 09:18:14 |
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greg
USA
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Posted - 01/10/2002 : 2:35:39 PM
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You can do this through script as well. This will set the Bottom X Axis Title:
label -sa -n XB Wavelength in \xC5;
to read:
Wavelength in
If you have set your default font to something that doesn't have the symbol, you can use:
label -sa -n XB Wavelength in \f:Arial(\xC5);
which will force the Arial font for that one character.
The -sa option is what forces the \xC5 sequence to get interpreted as a single character. (C5 is hex notation for 197).
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Special Character on Axis Label