Inserting symbols

RevMan supports a variety of symbols, Greek, Latin, Cyrillic and East-Asian characters.

To insert a symbol

  1. Locate the cursor where you want to insert a symbol, and one of the following:

  2. Select the symbol to insert.

  3. Click OK.  

Tip: You can also type symbols directly into the text by pressing the Alt key while typing the Unicode number. For example, Alt+20293 gives . You can look up the Unicode number for a given character by using the Insert Symbol window.   

Depending on the language and version of your operating system, you may need to install East Asian characters to include them into the Symbol Table.   

To install East Asian characters (Windows XP)

  1. Click Start > Control Panel > Regional Languages and Options.

  2. Click the Languages tab.

  3. Check Install files for East Asian languages.

  4. Click Apply.

  5. If asked, insert the Windows XP installation CD and follow remaining instructions from the computer.

Ligatures

Ligatures are several letters are joint into a single glyph. They should generally not be used in Cochrane reviews. If you are pasting in text that contains the most common ligatures, RevMan will convert them into their non-ligature format: ff,fi, fl, ffi, ffl, st.

 

See also Keyboard shortcuts.