Using special characters

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  cailanthus2014 · Member · Apr 23, 2014 at 1:27 am

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  My blog is in English, but I want to write names and short passages of text in Spanish. Is there a tool I can use to add accent marks and similar symbols?

  Relatedly, I may want to add mathematical symbols, like Greek letters or exponents. Is there a tool to access those?

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  hafizr · Member · Apr 23, 2014 at 1:30 am

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  Is there a tool I can use to add accent marks and similar symbols?

  Yes! See the custom characters in Visual Editor: http://en.support.wordpress.com/visual-editor/#custom-characters

  Relatedly, I may want to add mathematical symbols, like Greek letters or exponents. Is there a tool to access those?

  For this, you can use the LaTeX feature: http://en.support.wordpress.com/latex/

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  cailanthus2014 · Member · Apr 23, 2014 at 1:40 am

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  Hi,
  Thank you, but I don’t see a custom characters button anywhere in the visual editor. Where is it? Where do I look?

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  hafizr · Member · Apr 23, 2014 at 1:44 am

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  The “omega” icon for the custom characters is located on row 2, which will be shown after you click the “toolbar toggle” icon. See here: http://en.support.wordpress.com/visual-editor/#row-2

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  cailanthus2014 · Member · Apr 23, 2014 at 2:00 am

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  Ok, I see it–thank you!

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  hafizr · Member · Apr 23, 2014 at 10:43 am

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  You’re welcome!