# Entering Characters in Amaya

To enter ISO-Latin characters that are not directly available from the keyboard, Amaya uses the standard support provided by the Operating System. An optional multi-key support is also provided for Motif versions and Windows versions.

Amaya provides a mechanism for assigning Keyboard Shortcuts to characters that are not directly available from the keyboard. Some of them are pre-defined:

- To enter a non-breaking space, press `Control - space`. This character will be saved as an entity (`&nbsp;`).
- To enter a € (euro) character, press `Alt - e`.
- To enter a œ (oelig), press `Control - o` the `Control - e`.
- To enter a Œ (OElig), press `Shift - Control - O` then `Shift - Control - e`.
- To enter a «, press either `Control - <` or Shift - `Control - <` (it depends on your keyboard).
- To enter a », press `Shift - Control - >`.

See the description of two multi-key input methods:

- Standard multi-key for Motif and GTK versions
- Optional multi-key for Motif versions and Windows versions

When two methods are available, you choose the method you want to use by selecting Enable multi-key in the General Preferences dialog box, available from the Special menu. When enabled, Amaya activates the optional multi-key support, and deactivates the standard multi-key support.