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The not equal sign ($\neq$) becomes equal sign(=) in hyperref's bookmark. I know that \texorpdfstring will work for this, but I can not find \textneq, maybe another name?

Thanks in advance.

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Does \newcommand\textneq{\ensuremath{\neq}} work? (i.e. put this in your preamble and then use \textneq in the bookmark? – Seamus Jan 9 '11 at 15:24
This changes nothing. – Ma Ming Jan 9 '11 at 15:29
Not all math symbols are available for text mode – Herbert Jan 9 '11 at 15:36

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Just use the actual ≠ symbol:

\texorpdfstring{$A\neq B$}{A ≠ B}

You need to load hyperref with the [unicode] option for this to work.

Your source file also needs to be UTF-8 encoded.

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pdflatex get mojibake, xelatex OK. – Ma Ming Jan 9 '11 at 18:25
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@Ma Ming: I don't understand your comment. You don't need xelatex for this solution to work. What does 'pdflatex get mojibake' mean? Did the solution work for you? If so, please accept the answer. – Alan Munn Jan 9 '11 at 18:37
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@Ma Ming: you need to make sure that the encoding of your input file is UTF-8 (it seems that 'mojibake'=unintelligible characters). – Alan Munn Jan 9 '11 at 19:45
Thanks, I figued out it. xelatex uses unicode by default. – Ma Ming Jan 9 '11 at 22:03
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\texorpdfstring is OK. \neq is ≠ (unicode 0x2260)

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