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HTML special characters
The HTML specification includes numerous character sequences for specifying special characters. When you include HTML special characters in a trial component definition file, the MedML Installer passes the characters along to the database, and they are retrieved and processed by the forms rendering component of the InForm application. To ensure that special characters are rendered correctly across synchronized trials, you must convert the leading “&” of the numeric or symbolic code to the code for the ampersand character. In other words, if you want to use the yen symbol, you should write it as follows:
- ¥
or
- ¥
Note: Special characters entered through the InForm Architect application are automatically converted to the correct HTML form.
Not all special characters in the HTML specification are supported by PDF, the output format in which the PFExport utility exports printable CRFs. A complete list of special character definitions available for use in the InForm application and supported by PDF is shown in the following table:
Character |
Description |
Numeric Code |
Symbolic Code |
|---|---|---|---|
" |
quotation mark |
" |
" |
& |
ampersand |
& |
& |
< |
less-than sign |
< |
< |
> |
greater-than sign |
> |
> |
|
non-breaking space |
  |
|
¡ |
inverted exclamation |
¡ |
¡ |
¢ |
cent sign |
¢ |
¢ |
£ |
pound sterling |
£ |
£ |
¤ |
general currency sign |
¤ |
¤ |
¥ |
yen sign |
¥ |
¥ |
§ |
section sign |
§ |
§ |
¨ |
umlaut(dieresis) |
¨ |
¨ |
© |
copyright |
© |
© |
ª |
feminineordinal |
ª |
ª |
« |
left angle quote, guillemotleft |
« |
« |
¬ |
not sign |
¬ |
¬ |
- |
soft hyphen |
­ |
­ |
® |
registered trademark |
® |
® |
¯ |
macron accent |
¯ |
¯ |
º |
degree symbol |
° |
° |
² |
superscript two |
² |
² |
¶ |
paragraph sign |
¶ |
¶ |
¸ |
cedilla |
¸ |
¸ |
º |
masculine ordinal |
º |
º |
» |
right angle quote, guillemotright |
» |
» |
¼ |
fraction one-fourth |
¼ |
¼ |
¾ |
fraction three-fourths |
¾ |
¾ |
¿ |
inverted question mark |
¿ |
¿ |
° |
degree symbol |
° |
° |
 |
capital A, circumflex accent |
 |
 |
à |
capital A, tilde |
à |
à |
Ä |
capital A, dieresis or umlaut mark |
Ä |
Ä |
Å |
capital A, ring (Angstrom) |
Å |
Å |
Æ |
capital AE diphthong (ligature) |
Æ |
Æ |
Ç |
capital C, cedilla |
Ç |
Ç |
Ê |
capital E, circumflex accent |
Ê |
Ê |
Ë |
capital E, dieresis or umlaut mark |
Ë |
Ë |
Ì |
capital I, grave accent |
Ì |
Ì |
Í |
capital I, acute accent |
Í |
Í |
Ï |
capital I, dieresis or umlaut mark |
Ï |
Ï |
Ð |
capital Eth, Icelandic |
Ð |
Ð |
Ñ |
capital N, tilde |
Ñ |
Ñ |
Ø |
capital O, slash |
Ø |
Ø |
Ù |
capital U, grave accent |
Ù |
Ù |
Ú |
capital U, acute accent |
Ú |
Ú |
Ü |
capital U, dieresis or umlaut mark |
Ü |
Ü |
Ý |
capital Y, acute accent |
Ý |
Ý |
Þ |
capital THORN, Icelandic |
Þ |
Þ |
ß |
small sharp s, German (sz ligature) |
ß |
ß |
ã |
small a, tilde |
ã |
ã |
ä |
small a, dieresis or umlaut mark |
ä |
ä |
å |
small a, ring |
å |
å |
æ |
small ae diphthong (ligature) |
æ |
æ |
ç |
small c, cedilla |
ç |
ç |
ð |
small eth, Icelandic |
ð |
ð |
ñ |
small n, tilde |
ñ |
ñ |
ô |
small o, circumflex accent |
ô |
ô |
õ |
small o, tilde |
õ |
õ |
ö |
small o, dieresis or umlaut mark |
ö |
ö |
ø |
small o, slash |
ø |
ø |
ù |
small u, grave accent |
ù |
ù |
ú |
small u, acute accent |
ú |
ú |
û |
small u, circumflex accent |
û |
û |
ü |
small u, dieresis or umlaut mark |
ü |
ü |
ý |
small y, acute accent |
ý |
ý |
þ |
small thorn, Icelandic |
þ |
þ |
ÿ |
small y, dieresis or umlaut mark |
ÿ |
ÿ |
