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Replacing missing Chinese characters in Publisher


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I don't know if this has been addressed anywhere in the Forum, but I figured out a relatively easy way of getting a missing Chinese character to appear in Publisher. This was done using a Mac, I've no idea if it works with Windows.
 
Select the character that is missing in AP in the original text file, then right-click on it and use the "search in Google" option.
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In Google the top find should be Wiktionary. Click on that link.
 
In Wiktionary, on the top right of the page it will show the glyph number.
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Go back to Publisher, and in the Glyph Browser panel put the character number in the search bar, and it will highlight the corresponding character.
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Highlight the missing Chinese character (usually indicated with a box) in the Publisher text. Double-click the highlighted character in the Glyph Browser and it will replace the selected missing character in the text.
 
It's a workaround, but it's easiest one I've used, and I've used some convoluted ones that I won't mention.
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With the character selected, you can use the ‘Toggle Unicode’ command to display the code without having to do a Google (or other) search for it.

Affinity Publisher Help: Special characters and glyphs

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On 3/20/2022 at 2:22 PM, Alfred said:

With the character selected, you can use the ‘Toggle Unicode’ command to display the code without having to do a Google (or other) search for it.

Affinity Publisher Help: Special characters and glyphs

That sounds like something Windows specific, as I can't find that in Mac. My suggestion might only be relevant to the way I work, as I place text by copy and pasting it into Publisher from a Word file, which shows the Chinese characters correctly, or I'm assuming it does as I don't read Chinese. It's just occasional characters that don't show up correctly.

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28 minutes ago, Chris Patmore said:

That sounds like something Windows specific, as I can't find that in Mac.

The online Help is based on the Mac version of the in-app Help. Assuming that you have a Text menu within the app, there should be a ‘Toggle Unicode’ option there.

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