Don’t worry about the letter “C” – the Unicode value is a hexadecimal one where the letters A to F can be used.)Ģ. Look up the “Unicode value” in the Glyphs panel. As usual in InDesign, you have to perform just a few steps beforehand, but the benefit is enormeous:ġ. Here is, in my opinion, the easiest way to type in any glyph that you can’t reach on your standard keyboard. This is a very slick, efficient way to enter complex Math equations in InDesign. If your reason for typing the Pi symbol is because you need to type complex math equations in InDesign, then you need MathMagic. On Windows 7, choose Control Panel > Clock, Language, and Region > Change keyboards or other input methods.Ħ. To get started on a Mac, choose System Preferences > Keyboard > Input Sources. Install a Greek keyboard layout, and use it to enter Greek characters. Both the Mac OS and Windows offer software “keyboard layouts” in various languages that you can use to access foreign characters. Yes, this is overkill for just typing pi, but if you frequently need to enter accented and foreign characters, you need this script. Install the script, double-click on the script in the Scripts panel, type “pg” (p for pi, g for greek), and click OK. This script makes entering various accented characters and diacritics easy. Use Peter Kahrel’s free “Compose” script. Greek text will be generated, and chances are, there will be a pi symbol somewhere in the mix. In the Place Holder Options dialog box, choose Greek from the drop down list, and click the OK button. Admittedly, this one is twisted (CS6 or later required): Click inside a text frame, and choose Type > Fill With Placeholder Text while holding down the command key (Mac) or ctrl key (Windows).
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