3. Escape Characters
The escape characters available are summarised below. Escape characters are entered in paragraphs using either the E or CHAR phrase styles.
| Symbol | Description | Output |
| Syntax related: | ||
| lt | less-than | < |
| gt | greater-than | > |
| 2{ | double left brace | {{ |
| 2} | double right brace | }} |
| 2[ | double left bracket | [[ |
| 2] | double right bracket | ]] |
| Special symbols: | ||
| amp | ampersand | & |
| bullet | bullet | . |
| c | copyright | © |
| cent | cent | ¢ |
| dagger | dagger | ^ |
| doubledagger | double dagger | # |
| emdash | em-dash | -- |
| endash | en-dash | - |
| emspace | em-space | |
| enspace | en-space | |
| lbrace | left brace | { |
| lbracket | left bracket | [ |
| nbdash | non-breaking hyphen | - |
| nbspace | non-breaking space | |
| nl | newline |
|
| pound | pound | £ |
| quot | double quote | " |
| r | registered trademark | ® |
| rbrace | right brace | } |
| rbracket | right bracket | ] |
| tab | tab | |
| tm | trademark | ™ |
| yen | yen | ¥ |
| International: | ||
| Aacute | capital A, acute accent | Á |
| aacute | small a, acute accent | á |
| Acirc | capital A, circumflex accent | Â |
| acirc | small a, circumflex accent | â |
| AElig | capital AE diphthong (ligature) | Æ |
| aelig | small ae diphthong (ligature) | æ |
| Agrave | capital A, grave accent | À |
| agrave | small a, grave accent | à |
| Aring | capital A, ring | Å |
| aring | small a, ring | å |
| Atilde | capital A, tilde | Ã |
| atilde | small a, tilde | ã |
| Auml | capital A, dieresis or umlaut mark | Ä |
| auml | small a, dieresis or umlaut mark | ä |
| Ccedil | capital C, cedilla | Ç |
| ccedil | small c, cedilla | ç |
| Eacute | capital E, acute accent | É |
| eacute | small e, acute accent | é |
| Ecirc | capital E, circumflex accent | Ê |
| ecirc | small e, circumflex accent | ê |
| Egrave | capital E, grave accent | È |
| egrave | small e, grave accent | è |
| Euml | capital E, dieresis or umlaut mark | Ë |
| euml | small e, dieresis or umlaut mark | ë |
| Iacute | capital I, acute accent | Í |
| iacute | small i, acute accent | í |
| Icirc | capital I, circumflex accent | Î |
| icirc | small i, circumflex accent | î |
| Igrave | capital I, grave accent | Ì |
| igrave | small i, grave accent | ì |
| Iuml | capital I, dieresis or umlaut mark | Ï |
| iuml | small i, dieresis or umlaut mark | ï |
| Ntilde | capital N, tilde | Ñ |
| ntilde | small n, tilde | ñ |
| Oacute | capital O, acute accent | Ó |
| oacute | small o, acute accent | ó |
| Ocirc | capital O, circumflex accent | Ô |
| ocirc | small o, circumflex accent | ô |
| Ograve | capital O, grave accent | Ò |
| ograve | small o, grave accent | ò |
| Oslash | capital O, slash | Ø |
| oslash | small o, slash | ø |
| Otilde | capital O, tilde | Õ |
| otilde | small o, tilde | õ |
| Ouml | capital O, dieresis or umlaut mark | Ö |
| ouml | small o, dieresis or umlaut mark | ö |
| Uacute | capital U, acute accent | Ú |
| uacute | small u, acute accent | ú |
| Ucirc | capital U, circumflex accent | Û |
| ucirc | small u, circumflex accent | û |
| Ugrave | capital U, grave accent | Ù |
| ugrave | small u, grave accent | ù |
| Uuml | capital U, dieresis or umlaut mark | Ü |
| uuml | small u, dieresis or umlaut mark | ü |
| yuml | small y, dieresis or umlaut mark | ÿ |