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austyc

UK
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Posted - 05/18/2005 :  07:45:33 AM  Show Profile  Edit Topic  Reply with Quote  View user's IP address  Delete Topic
Origin Version (Select Help-->About Origin):
Operating System:7.0
I am having problems in getting greek characters (eg, phi, alpha etc). I am aware that one is supposed to highlight the character, and then click the greek icon - but what happens is that the resulting character is simply the same as the entered character - e.g. To write "phi" - highlight "f", click the greek symbol, and the output character is still "f"..... I have checked on Tools to ensure that my greek font is set to "Symbols" - all previous work I have conducted using Origin, where I successfully could use the greek characters have now changed back to the Ariel default type-text font - Any chance you might be able to help???? Thanks.

Mike

USA
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Posted - 05/18/2005 :  09:01:39 AM  Show Profile  Edit Reply  Reply with Quote  View user's IP address  Delete Reply
I suspect the problem that you describe is one that a number of Origin 7 (and previous) users have had when running under WinXP. What happens is that Origin can't use any font beyond some limit in the alphabetically ordered font list (varies by system_. The TT Symbol font occurs far down the list, so it is prone to this problem.

There are a couple of fixes:
  • uninstall unneeded fonts until you see that the Symbol font is working.
  • Better yet, go the File Exchange area of the OriginLab website and get this font. Follow the instructions on installing and configuring it.


Mike
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Edited by - Mike on 05/18/2005 09:02:19 AM

Edited by - Mike on 05/18/2005 09:03:06 AM
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austyc

UK
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Posted - 05/18/2005 :  09:42:12 AM  Show Profile  Edit Reply  Reply with Quote  View user's IP address  Delete Reply
Thanks a million Mike - if I knew that ages ago!!!!!!
Still, it will make my life much easier - keep up the good work!
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dimidola

Switzerland
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Posted - 01/30/2012 :  09:33:15 AM  Show Profile  Edit Reply  Reply with Quote  View user's IP address  Delete Reply
Hi,

I know this topic is waaaay too old, but I want to ask this:

I have installed on my PC as a keyboard language Greek.

Until now, that would mean that as long as my language in Origin is set to Times New Roman Greek, or Arial Greek (etc) I would get the Greek characters by just switching my keyboard language to greek and typing the corresponding keys. For some reason this doesn't work anymore..

Any ideas?
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Hideo Fujii

USA
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Posted - 01/31/2012 :  3:05:50 PM  Show Profile  Edit Reply  Reply with Quote  View user's IP address  Delete Reply 
Hi,

I'm not sure why it has started not showing Greek characters in your situation. On my machine, it works fine. You can check the following: 

1) On the text label, right-click, and select "Properties" flyout to show Object Properties dialog. 
2) Add the following string at the end of your string in the text box: 
    \f:Arial Greek(\(a225)\(a249))

3) After press OK, do you see now Alpha and Omega in your text label? 

Also, using "Symbol" font may be a work-around for you. 

--Hideo Fujii
OriginLab
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