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++-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| TEXT1 Special Characters |
++-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+
+In TeX there are 10 keyboard characters which have special meaning. They are:
+
+ \ (backslash) } (right curly brace) { (left curly brace)
+ @ (at sign) # (pound sign) _ (underscore)
+ & (ampersand) % (percent sign) ~ (tilde) | (vertical bar)
+
+If you need any of these characters as part of your text you must precede all
+but the tilde and vertical bar with a \ (backslash) or TeX will interpret them
+as a TeX command. To print a tilde you must enter \tilde and for a vertical bar
+enter \vbar.
+
+For example, the following input:
+
+ Mom sent Tommy to the store and told him to buy 5\# potatoes, a
+ half gallon of 2\% milk and two packages of M\&Ms.
+
+would result in:
+
+Mom sent Tommy to the store and told him to buy 5# potatoes, a half gallon of
+2% milk and two packages of M&Ms.