The Characters Popover

The Characters popover displays the special characters of the selected Accordance font. You can enter characters in the Search Entry box of a tab, or in any Edit window.

To open this popover, do one of the following:

• Click Characters () on the toolbar
• Select Characters from the Window menu.
• Press Opt++4.

Note The Characters Popover can also be detached using by clicking the Detach button (), and then closed manually.

When working with the Characters popover, note that:

• If the insertion bar rests in suitable editable text, such as an entry box, clicking a character highlights it and enters it into the window.

• You can change the font in the Characters popover and then enter the correct font, character and direction in the User Tools or User Notes Edit windows, the User Layer of the Atlas, and the description boxes of Construct and Reference list tabs.
• If you set the Preferences to use a modern Greek or Hebrew keyboard, the popover enters the correct character even though the Details Bar at the bottom of the box identifies the keystroke in the standard Accordance font.

The Characters popover is shown below.

No.	Button/Option	Description	Notes
1	Font	Opens the Font pop-up menu for selecting a special Accordance font	Items are: Helena, Yehudit, Rosetta, MSS, Sylvanus, Peshitta, and Salaam
2	Show/Hide options	You can show or hide the letters, diacriticals (Greek), pointing and cantillation (Hebrew), or special characters	The popover automatically resizes to fit your selection
3	Float	Click to change the popover to a floating palette that remains open after working with it	Normally the popover closes after each use. If you want to access it more often, click this item.
4	Letters	Displays all letters for the selected font	Characters can only be entered into a Search Entry box that is set to the same font. Clicks are ignored if the search Text or Tool field requires a different font.
5	Diacriticals (Grk) or Pointing and Cantillation (Hebrew)	Displays diacritical characters for this font (or pointing and cantillation for Hebrew fonts)	Overstrike characters are shown relative to the gray boxes
6	Special Characters	Displays other special characters with this font
7	Details Bar	Identifies the character and associated keystroke for the indicated letter	This is updated as you move the cursor over the characters