Autotext
You may insert any special character in OmegaT using autotext.
To see the list of special characters and their shortcuts in OmegaT, go to Options > Preferences > Auto-completion > Autotext (or check them out online here).
If there is a special character that you would like to have added to the list (for all users), please create a ticket in the OmegaT helpdesk to let us know.
Info
See a specific example: how to insert no-break spaces.
Autotext shortcut¶
In OmegaT we include the custom autotext shortcut \shy to insert a soft hyphen. A soft hyphen character will be inserted in the position in the text where \shy was typed.
Word joiners¶
It's also possible to use a special character in a specific position to produce the opposite result (adjacent characters should be joined together as a single word, without the possibility of a line break between them) but we haven't added any autotext shortcut for that in OmegaT yet. We will if needed.