

In other posts I saw that some users prefer to enter special characters through Run > Charmap, but my Notepad++ has no such menu entry.

This is exactly what should happen if I try to enter an ASCII character through the numeric keypad (Alt with numeric keypad '024'). With "dollar sign" (U+0024): The + appears in text, followed by Ctrl-X. Character encoding UTF-8 is selected I have selected View > Show Symbol > Show All Characters Notepad++ shows special characters for CR/LF, etc., but none for the Unicode characters I tried to enter. At this point the character should appear in the file, but it does not. I select "multiple languages." The menu closes. With "discretionary hyphen" (U+00AD): When I enter the fourth digit, Notepad++ opens a pop-up menu which asks whether I want the character to be defined in English, multiple languages, etc. If you want to sort by column you will have select the column by holding down the Alt key and doing a selection with the mouse. See the available options in the 'Edit -> Line operations -> Sort.' menu. This is partially available in Notepad++. When I do this, at least a couple of different things happen, depending on the character I tried to enter. Subject: Re: notepad-plus-plus Sort by Column/Character. This procedure should enter a Unicode character: Hold down Alt, press the numeric keypad's + key, then enter the Unicode character's four-digit code on the numeric keypad (using the main keyboard for A-F). I'm trying to type Unicode characters in Notepad++ (v7.8.4), and it isn't working. Jonathan Sachs Asks: Notepad++, entering Unicode characters
