[Solved] Special character ™ missing

[Roger LaPointe]

I need the special character TM for a document I am preparing, the circled R is not a substitute. The circled R means that the trademark is registered and using it without the item being registered is punisable by law. TM is the same type of notice but it means that the item is not registered. They are very strict as to the misuse of the circled R symbol. Is there a way to contact the administration to have the needed special character? Thanks in advance. Sincerely, Roger LaPointe

[FJCC]

The fonts available on the computer determine what characters are available. OpenOffice does not supply any fonts. What font are you trying to use?
The trademark symbol has the unicode U+2122. The unicode is displayed at the lower right of the Insert -> Special Character dialog. I just inserted a ™ in a document using Times New Roman with that dialog. It is a long way down the list of characters.

[Jan_J]

If you use Insert/character menu option, keep in mind that the dialog is offering only a selection of the most frequently used characters. What is considered `most frequent`, it depends on decisions of the dialog programmer.

In my Writer (LibreOffice 26.2) the TM (™) character is present at the character selection palette. It is also posssible to find a character by typing its Unicode number (if present in the palette) — 2122 in this case. But these details depend on the software. Unicode standard is software-independent.

In Windows, there is `Character map` (charmap.exe) system application, with functionality similar to Insert/character dialog. But the range of code points available there may be different.

There also other techniques, including C&P. Some of them are discussed in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode_input.

By the way, it is good to know that OpenOffice installer provides also some fonts; they are defaults used in document templates. They are stored in ordinary .ttf files and can be accessed also by software not belonging to the OO suite. Of course, any .ttf or .otf font, if installed in the system, can be requested inside OpenOffice document.

[cwolan]

In my Writer (LibreOffice 26.2) the TM (™) character is present at the character selection palette. It is also posssible to find a character by typing its Unicode number (if present in the palette) — 2122 in this case.

In the Special Characters dialog, one can also enter a UTF-8 name or part of a character name in the Search box to display the character.
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The trademark symbol is present in the replacement table (AutoCorrect), at least for English (USA):

• OpenOffice: (tm) ⟶ ™
• LibreOffice: :​tm: ⟶ ™  or  .*(tm) ⟶ ™

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FTR:
The Document Foundation Wiki: How do I insert the trademark symbol?
Apache OpenOffice Wiki: How do I insert a trademark symbol?