Foreign Languages and Math in ANGEL

HTML Editor Tools

There are several tools available in the HTML editor for entering foreign language and math including the special character, insert equation, and superscript/subscript tools.

Special Character

To insert a special character, click the arrow next to the Insert Equation (Σ) button and select Special Character.

The Select Special Character palette opens. Click on the character you wish to insert and it will be inserted into your document.

Reference the HTML Editor: Special Characters help topic for more details.

Characters available in the Select Special Character palette

Insert Equation

To insert a math equation, click the Insert Equation (Σ) button.

Insert Equation button

The Insert Equation window will open.

Note: Depending on your system, you may see a Java coffee cup icon before the tool opens.

Reference the HTML Editor: Create Math Equations help topic for more details.

Superscript/Subscript

To access the Superscript and Subscript options, click the arrow next to the Underline button.

See the HTML Editor: Superscript and Subscript help topic for more details.

Student Access to the HTML Editor

Students have access to the HTML editor in several locations:

• Discussion forum postings
• Drop boxes, in the Message field
• Course mail
• Essay questions

The HTML editor is not available to students in a fill-in-the-blank assessment question, but accent codes or keyboard utilities can be used. See the Non-Western Languages and HTML Entity Codes (No HTML Editor) sections of this document below for details.

Non-Western Languages

These techniques should be used with Asian, Cyrillic, Middle Eastern, or Classical languages.

Non-English Keyboards in Firefox or Internet Explorer 7+

If you need to input content in another script, such as Cyrillic, East Asian characters, Arabic, or Hebrew, then use the following steps.

1. Open ANGEL in the Firefox or Internet Explorer 7+ browser (this technique will not work with other browsers or Internet Explorer 5/6.
2. Switch your input keyboard from English to the appropriate script. See Typing with Non-English Keyboards for more details.
3. Begin to type in the language within ANGEL; the appropriate characters will appear in ANGEL. This method works for both an ANGEL discussion forum and chat room.

Note: This works both inside and outside the HTML Editor.

Editing Numeric Escape Codes

If you enter edit mode in some tools, you will see that ANGEL converted the typed text to the Unicode numeric escape characters (e.g., Д for Cyrillic >Д).

To edit the text, you can delete and retype the text as before. ANGEL will reconvert the new text into numeric escape codes.

If you need to convert the codes into the original text, then:

1. Copy the numeric escape code sequence (Control+C on Windows or Command+C on the Mac).
2. Open a tool with the HTML editor such as the Create a Page tool and make sure the editor is activated.
3. Click the Source button at the far right to display the HTML code.
4. Paste the numeric codes (Control+V on Windows or Command+V on the Mac), then click the Source button again to return to WYSIWYG editing mode. The numeric code will be converted to the original text in the HTML editor.
5. Text can be edited in the HTML editor and pasted elsewhere in ANGEL, although they may be converted to numeric sequences.
6. Type with the non-English keyboard then click the Save button. The edited text will be displayed correctly.

HTML Entity Codes (no HTML Editor)

If the HTML editor is not available at all (e.g., on a fill-in-the-blank assessment question), you can use one of the HTML entity codes at the Web sites listed below. Using an entity code such as ñ instead of ñ minimizes display inconsistencies between the Macintosh and Windows platform.

Common Accent Codes

A list of accent codes that cover Western European languages (Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and others) is available at: http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/accents/index.html

Extended Math Codes

http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/bylanguage/mathchart.html

Phonetic Symbols

http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/bylanguage/ipachart.html

Extended Accents

http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/bylanguage/ipavowels.html

Russian and Ukrainian

http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/bylanguage/cyrillicchart.html

Greek

http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/bylanguage/greekchart.html

Long Vowel Marks (Latin, Romaji)

http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/bylanguage/latin.html

Old English

http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/bylanguage/oegermanic.html

Other Languages

Listed at http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/bylanguage/

Related articles:

• HTML Editor: Special Characters