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Displaying Special Characters

Special characters cannot be used directly in text or in formulas of attributes, but must be inserted as named characters (named entities) (e.g. &). For text, numerical notation is also permitted (e.g. ⚏).

A special role is one of successive spaces, because they are interpreted and displayed as one single space, as the following example shows.

Note:

The > character is currently automatically replaced by the > in Form-UI configurations.

Tip:

The < and & characters are currently not permitted in Form-UI configurations and thereby prevent the editor from being saved. Before the editor can be saved, these characters must be replaced by their entities.

In order to use multiple spaces, e.g. to arrange the text in a structure, the numerical notation for each space is inserted:

&#32;

The following table lists the most common special characters:

Special characters Description Entity Numerical notation
Blank &#32;
" Straight quotes &quot; &#34;
& Ampersand &amp; &#38;
' Apostrophe &apos; &#39;
< Left angle bracket &lt; &#60;
> Right angle bracket &gt; &#62;