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Adding symbols: "Greater than or equal to" and "Less than or equal to"
Hi, does anyone know how I can type these symbols in a slide? I have tried copying/pasting from Word but that isn't working. I don't know where the symbol is on the symbol chart (Insert/Symbol).
Thanks!
Michele
Hello Michele!
You'll want to first insert a text box, then click Insert > Symbol. When the Symbol window appears, choose Font: Arial and Subset: Mathematical Operators. You can see that the "Less than or equal to" symbol is selected there in orange, and the "Greater than or equal to" symbol is to the right of it. I hope this helps!
Fantastic, got it! Thanks!
Michele
You're welcome, Michele! Good luck on the rest of your project. :)
I'm now having a problem with this.
I can't find it in the mathematical operator section and if I type in the ASCII decimal code it just brings up a blank space (tried for Arial and Times New Roman). I have definitely used this character before, but now it doesn't seem to be there?
Any help much appreciated!I'm seeing the same behaviour Emma.
There is no 'Mathematical Operators' in the subset list when font is selected as Arial however there is with Times New Roman.
I can't see a greater than or less than sign and entering the Character code 2264 as per Alyssa's diagram above doesn't return anything.
I see you have the greater than equal to in your recently used, when you click that does it insert it correctly onto the slide?
Hi Wendy
Thanks for replying.
If I use the greater than or equal to then yes that inserts correctly.
I have definitely used both symbols before - I wonder if they disappeared in a recent update.
Emma,
You might consider just entering the > or < symbol on your keyboard and then underline the respective character.
Hi Steve
Thanks for replying and great workaround. I also managed to copy and paste in from Word for now. Just curious as to where they've gone!
Ooh yes, thank you!
But why does it think it's a pound sign? It does that on mine too. It also thinks the greater than or equal to sign is a "subscript three"...Hi Emma,
Glad you were able to find the symbols that you needed for your project.
I'm seeing the same behavior with the names of those symbols.
I've reported this to our team to take a closer look.
Great, thanks Leslie.
Please could you update on how these symbol names are working out Leslie? I need to know that our content will be screenreader accessible and currently it isn't. Among other problems (changing font to be able to draw particular symbols is described by the screenreader) there are unicode symbols that appear to be completely missing (almost all arrows, for instance https://www.key-shortcut.com/en/writing-systems/35-symbols/arrows) and those that are present don't necessarily show (from symbol 00AD - appears as a blank space in my storyline 360 text box)
Hi Alicia!
Our team is still investigating this issue where the incorrect names are shown for specific symbols. I'm so sorry this is affecting your project!
The symbols missing from the course is a different issue that I've not heard of. Would you mind sharing your file with our team so we can investigate further? To share your file, please use this link!
As always, when we have an update for this bug we'll report back to this discussion!
Hi, everyone.
I just wanted to share that we no longer see the bug reported where the symbols for greater than or equal to and less than or equal to are incorrectly named using the latest build of Storyline (3.61.27106.0).
If you're using the latest version and you're still experiencing this issue, please reach out to our support team through a case.
