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288 10. Captions

5. If you're only adding one macro, click Add & Close. If you want to
add more than one macro to a caption layer, select a macro, press
Add and repeat as often as desired. Press the Close button when
finished.
When using multiple macros in one layer, keep in mind that you may wish
to edit the caption later and add some space in between the macros.

Symbol Macros
From time to time you may find yourself needing to insert a text symbol like
a copyright or a foreign currency symbol. In these cases, the Symbol Macro
option gives you the ability to insert those characters quickly.

To Insert a Symbol Macro

1. Open the Insert Macro window.
2. Select Symbol Macro from the Macro Types dropdown list.

3. Locate the symbol you are looking for in the Value column.
4. Select that macro and click Add & Close.

5. The macro for that symbol will be added and the symbol will
appear in your caption.

The available caption macros are of the
Insert Macro window gives you a wealth of
information. The Caption Macro heading
tells you what the actual macro is for that
function.

For example, if you use the copyright symbol often, it can be helpful to
know that just typing “\0169” into the caption text will add it.
The Field heading tells you what the actual ASCII code for that character is.
ASCII code is used universally throughout Windows and is a shortcut to type
that character.