Dreamweaver

Insert special characters

Certain special characters are represented in HTML by a name or a number, referred to as an entity . HTML includes entity names for characters such as the copyright symbol (©), the ampersand (&), and the registered-trademark symbol (®). Each entity has both a name (such as —) and a numeric equivalent (such as —).

HTML uses the angle brackets <> in its code, but you may need to express the special characters for greater than or less than without Dreamweaver interpreting them as code. In this case, use &gt; for greater than (>) and &lt; for less than (<).

Unfortunately, many browsers (especially older browsers, and browsers other than Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer) don’t properly display many of the named entities.

  1. In the Document window, place the insertion point where you want to insert a special character.
  2. Do one of the following:

    • Select the name of the character from the Insert > HTML > Special Characters submenu.

    • In the Text category of the Insert bar, click the Characters button and select the character from the submenu.

    There are many other special characters available; to select one of them, select Insert > HTML > Special Characters > Other or click the Characters button in the Text category of the Insert bar and select the Other Characters option. Select a character from the Insert Other Character dialog box, and click OK.