[Bug] Problems with special characters { [ ] } \ ~ |

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[Bug] Problems with special characters { [ ] } \ ~ |

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Hello,
I can not print the following characters:
{ } [ ] \ | ~

I am using a German keyboard layout, and the German version (1.0 Build 0030) of the PDF XChange Viewer.

On a German keyboard I get this characters by typing ALT+7 and so on.

I am using this characters a lot. Is there another way to write this characters?

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Post by Bhikkhu Pesala »

Check out this thread. Same problem. AltGr shortcuts don't work yet. Will be fixed some time.

A workaround is to type in Wordpad, or elsewhere, and paste text into the text edit box. Otherwise, try the US International keyboard, which uses dead keys for typing accents " + u = ü etc. Dead keys work OK in PDF-XChange.
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Post by chris83 »

Thanks for comming back on this topic so fast.
I used the workaround already, but as an informatic student who needs the "{}" characters as offen as a "." character, it is not really usefull!

I used Foxit Reader before and it is working there since some months. It is free to use, too, but they print some advertisement if I save the changed file.

It seems like I have to wait on this for the next version of PDF XChange Viewer, and use it only to delete the stamps Foxit Reader puts into my files.

If it works, I will switch to XChange - it seems to be a great product.
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Post by John - Tracker Supp »

Hi,

We are hoping this will be resolved in build 31 - due quite soon now.

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Post by chris83 »

Hey
I downloaded build 31 some days ago and it seems that the issue with the special characters is not solved. Is there a task to solve it in build 32? How long do we have to wait for this build?

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Post by John - Tracker Supp »

Apologies will be in Build 32 for sure and this is due next week.

Thanks for your patience.
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Re: [Bug] Problems with special characters { [ ] } \ ~ |

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I'm experiencing something similar in PDF-xchange editor (it seemed to not be a problem in PDF-xchange viewer
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I have alt + A set as a shortcut to activate the arrow tool, and I have AltGr (ctrl+alt) set to a character (keyboard shortcut – "α". When I press ctrl+alt+a it activates "α", but when I press altGr it seems to just function as alt instead of Ctrl+Alt. it is also important to mention that I think it is very important that if a shortcut in the program interferes with a keyboard shortcut if you are in a field (meaning you can type something) AltGr activates the character keyboard shortcut, and Ctrl + Alt activates the program keyboard shortcut :D
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Re: [Bug] Problems with special characters { [ ] } \ ~ |

Post by TrackerSupp-Daniel »

Hello, MedBooster

Thank you for the report, The updater itself gets updates less frequently than most of our products, so its version number is not particularly indicative of what is running on your PC. Could I ask you to please first update to the latest version (9.0.359.0) and confirm for me if the same issue is present there on your device? You can check the version of our installed Editor by clicking "help > about" at any time there.

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I am now using pdf editor plus v9.2.357.0 and the problem seems to persist there. The problem is that the keyboard shortcut (for character input) is not prioritized when in a typing field (most apps I am using XMind, Notion, Anki etc. are handling this fine (and PDF xchange viewer seemed to also handle this fine. If you contact me I'd be happy to make a descriptive video or something if you still don't see what I mean.
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I did some more research and as it turns out pdf xchange editor plus doesn't even recognize AltGr as ctrl+alt, it simply recognizes it as alt, see the attached screenshot
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Post by Dimitar - Tracker Supp »

Hello MedBooster,

We will appreciate it if you could create a short video that indicates the problem you are facing.

Please send it to: support@pdf-xchange.com

Before you proceed, please update your product to the latest version 9.2.359.0:

https://www.pdf-xchange.com/product/downloads

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