Special Characters in CZ language ???

Hi Gurus
I am working on the Payment advice translation in CZ language.
Here some of the special characters were not able to incorporate in the Program to show up in the payment advice properly.
Special characters were some times referred by them as hat or hook.. in Czech.
We are using the 4.6C.
Can some body suggest what OSS note to be followed to resolve the Issue ?
Any reply in this regard is highly appreciated and awarded..
Thanks in advance.
Meenakshi. N
OSS note : 776507 didn't resolved the issue.
Edited by: Meenakshi.Nakshatrula on Nov 3, 2008 11:40 PM

okay,
I will make your work easier.
just try to put more combination apart from this search results.
definatly you will get some more.
[search results|https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/advancedsearch?query=specialCharactersin+program&cat=sdn_all]

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