Special characters don't work

I'm using Pages 3.0.2 on Leopard. I am trying to insert the 'section' symbol ('s' and inverted 's'). When I go to Edit -> Special characters, I click on it and nothing happens. My curser is at the insertion point, but nothing happens when I click on it. How do I access the Special Characters?

Question asked and responded several times.
Special Characters rely on the availability of the Character Palette.
If you didn't install it, the menu will do nothing.
Open the System's Preference Pane entitled "International"
click the tab "Input Menu"
then check the box entitled "Character Palette"
and check the box entitled: "Show input menu in menu bar"
After that, selecting "Special Characters" will open the Character Palette.
Of course, as it is not a program feature but a system feature, it is described in the System's help searching with "special characters".
The page is entitled: "Typing _special characters_ and symbols"
Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE mardi 28 octobre 2008 17:03:36)

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