Thank you Jane & Shelagh, In FH Version 4.1.3 using Arial Unicode, Windows Central European or Windows Western with copy and paste from the Character Map the characters appear correctly in the Property Box, but the underlying Diagram does not update correctly. If a Diagram is not open then the Records Window does not update. When the property Box is closed and reopened the characters have reverted to plain characters without the Accent, Caron, Cedilla, or Ogonek. Characters with the Diaeresis (Diacritical, sometimes called the Umlaut) work fine. Help please. Clive Spratt -----Original Message----- From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jane Taubman Sent: 12 March 2012 20:42 To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FHU] Using the Character Map In order to support those, you will need to ensure the font you are using includes them. So something like Arial with Central European selected should do them. On 12 March 2012 20:19, Clive Spratt <clivespratt@btinternet.com> wrote: > I have been entering some Polish families, but am struggling with entering > characters from the Windows Character Map.  According to the Knowledge Base > the characters should be useable. > I need the following characters; ą Ą ä Ä  ń Ń  Ś ż.   The following are > fine, ó Ó > > Has anyone any experience of using the Character Map facility? -- Jane. Jane Taubman | www.rjt.org.uk | www.taubman.org.uk |www.fhug.org.uk ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Clive - This subject has come up before. You'll find you cannot use anything outside the ASCII Decimal character set. I have had the same problem in V3.1.2 for some time (and nothing's changed), trying to represent Polish and Lithuanian personal and (more particularly) place names. You can't even get round it by using cut-n-paste from elsewhere e.g. Word. Regrettably this diminishes the appeal of FH in those markets where more exotic diacritical marks are needed, including the USA where so many people have Central or Eastern European forebears. I'm not aware that the situation changes with V5 - or am I wrong? Rod Moulding -----Original Message----- From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Clive Spratt Sent: 13 March 2012 17:12 To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FHU] Using the Character Map Thank you Jane & Shelagh, In FH Version 4.1.3 using Arial Unicode, Windows Central European or Windows Western with copy and paste from the Character Map the characters appear correctly in the Property Box, but the underlying Diagram does not update correctly. If a Diagram is not open then the Records Window does not update. When the property Box is closed and reopened the characters have reverted to plain characters without the Accent, Caron, Cedilla, or Ogonek. Characters with the Diaeresis (Diacritical, sometimes called the Umlaut) work fine. Help please. Clive Spratt -----Original Message----- From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jane Taubman Sent: 12 March 2012 20:42 To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FHU] Using the Character Map In order to support those, you will need to ensure the font you are using includes them. So something like Arial with Central European selected should do them. On 12 March 2012 20:19, Clive Spratt <clivespratt@btinternet.com> wrote: > I have been entering some Polish families, but am struggling with > entering characters from the Windows Character Map.  According to the > Knowledge Base > the characters should be useable. > I need the following characters; ą Ą ä Ä  ń Ń  Ś ż.   The following > are fine, ó Ó > > Has anyone any experience of using the Character Map facility? -- Jane. Jane Taubman | www.rjt.org.uk | www.taubman.org.uk |www.fhug.org.uk ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message