# Character translation

The Character Translation menu contains functions for translating special characters to and from their corresponding HTML entities. If there is a selection in the document, the translation is done in the selection, otherwise it is done in the whole document.

When translating Alpha does not translate text within comments.

åäö -> HTML
Translates characters to HTML entities. The characters which are translated are all that you find in the Character Entities menu except <, >, and & and a few characters which have no Mac equivalent.
HTML -> åäö
Translates HTML entities to characters.
<>& -> HTML
Translates the characters <>& to their HTML entities.
HTML -> <>&
Translates them back again.

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