The modifications and specifications of CA that were made to adapt for the CLAN editor were as follows:
Special Characters:
| Character Name | Char | Function | F1 + | Unicode | |
| 1 | up-arrow | ↑ | shift to high pitch | up arrow | 2191 |
| 2 | down-arrow | ↓ | shift to low pitch | down arrow | 2193 |
| 3 | double arrow tilted up | ⇗ | rising to high | 1 | 21D7 |
| 4 | single arrow tilted up | ↗ | rising to mid | 2 | 2197 |
| 5 | level arrow | → | level | 3 | 2192 |
| 6 | single arrow tilted down | ↘ | falling to mid | 4 | 2198 |
| 7 | double arrow tilted down | ⇘ | falling to low | 5 | 21D8 |
| 8 | raised period | ∙ | inhalation | . | 2219 |
| 9 | equals sign | ≈ | ≈latching | = | 2248 |
| 10 | triple equals sign | ≋ | ≋TCU continuation | + | 224B |
| 11 | open bracket top | ⌈ | top begin overlap | [ | 2308 |
| 12 | close bracket top | ⌉ | top end overlap | ] | 2309 |
| 13 | open bracket bottom | ⌊ | bottom begin overlap | shift [ | 230A |
| 14 | closed bracket bottom | ⌋ | bottom end overlap | shift ] | 230B |
| 15 | up triangle | ∆ | ∆faster∆ | right arrow | 2206 |
| 16 | down triangle | ∇ | ∇slower∇ | left arrow | 2207 |
| 17 | asterisk | ★ | ★creaky | * | 2605 |
| 18 | crossed circle | ⊗ | ⊗unsure⊗ | / | 2297 |
| 19 | degree sign | ° | °softer° | zero | 00B0 |
| 20 | low bar | ▁ | ▁low pitch▁ | d | 2581 |
| 21 | high bar | ▔ | ▔high pitch▔ | h | 2594 |
| 22 | tilde | ∾ | constriction∾ | n | 223E |
| 23 | half circle | ↻ | ↻pitch reset | r | 21BB |
| 24 | smiley | ☺ | ☺smile voice☺ | l | 263A |