Refer to Appendix B of the Framemaker manual (with a title like "Typing in
Dialog Boxes") for a fairly complete list of the "escape" codes that allow you
to specify special characters in places like dialog boxes and variable
definitions where only plain text can be used.
-FR
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If I recall correctly, the need to do the 2-step PDF generation process ended
some time around FM 8.
It's also significant that neither part of the process was a "save as". The
first step was to Print to a PDF file, then Distill the PS to PDF using the
Adobe Distiller tool.
It's also significant
I agree that it would have been a lot better if they used a title like "Typing
special characters? in dialog boxes".
-FR
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I didn't see the original query, but the answer is actually contained in almost
every edition of the hard-copy manual. Look in the appendixes for one called
"Typing in dialog boxes". This appendix contains tables listing all of the
"escape codes" for characters that cannot be typed directly with
