In some ways I want to recall this wish as I found another way to quicky enter the keyboard shortcuts. On the otherhand this wish should remain as the method I've found is not a Windows standard (i.e it won't work the same way with MS Word, CorelDraw, etc.)
I've just found out that if you use
[ctrl alt] + code, then you can enter the special characters using the keyboard shortcuts.
Not sure why this was suddenly changed by Graphisoft as previously just
[alt] + code was required as it is with all other programs.
Haneef Tayob
Aziz Tayob Architects
AC23 INT rel 3003, OS X 10.14.6 iMac 3.3ghz i5 dual monitor, 24GB RAM