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 | infinity mark | ∞ | unmarked ending | 6 | 221E |
| 9 | triple wavy equals | ≋ | continued≋ or +≋continued | + | 224B |
| 10 | raised period | ∙ | inhalation | . | 2219 |
| 11 | double wavy equals | ≈ | latching≈ or +≈latch | = | 2248 |
| 12 | triple equal | ≡ | ≡uptake | u | 2261 |
| 13 | open bracket top | ⌈ | top begin overlap | [ | 2308 |
| 14 | close bracket top | ⌉ | top end overlap | ] | 2309 |
| 15 | open bracket bottom | ⌊ | bottom begin overlap | shift [ | 230A |
| 16 | closed bracket bottom | ⌋ | bottom end overlap | shift ] | 230B |
| 17 | up triangle | ∆ | ∆faster∆ | right arrow | 2206 |
| 18 | down triangle | ∇ | ∇slower∇ | left arrow | 2207 |
| 19 | low asterisk | ⁎ | ⁎creaky⁎ | * | 204E |
| 20 | double question mark | ⁇ | ⁇unsure⁇ | / | 2047 |
| 21 | degree sign | ° | °softer° | zero | 00B0 |
| 22 | fisheye | ◉ | ◉louder◉ | ) | 25C9 |
| 23 | low bar | ▁ | ▁low pitch▁ | d | 2581 |
| 24 | high bar | ▔ | ▔high pitch▔ | h | 2594 |
| 25 | smiley | ☺ | ☺smile voice☺ | l | 263A |
| 26 | double integral | ∬ | ∬whisper∬ | w | 222C |
| 27 | upsilon with dialytika | Ϋ | Ϋ yawn Ϋ | y | 03AB |
| 28 | clockwise contour integral | ∲ | ∲ singing ∲ | s | 222E |
| 29 | section marker | § | § precise§ | p | 00A7 |
| 30 | tilde | ∾ | constriction∾ | n | 223E |
| 31 | half circle | ↻ | ↻pitch reset | r | 21BB |
| 32 | capital H with dasia | Ἡ | laugh in a word | c | 1F29 |
| 33 | lower quote | „ | tag or sentence final particle | t | 201E |
| 34 | double dagger | ‡ | vocative or summons | v | 2021 |
| 35 | dot | ạ | Arabic dot | , | 0323 |
| 36 | raised h | ʰ | Arabic aspiration | H | 02B0 |
| 37 | macron | ā | stressed syllable | - | 0304 |
| 38 | glottal | ʔ | glottal stop | q | 0294 |
| 39 | reverse glottal | ʕ | Hebrew glottal | Q | 0295 |
| 40 | caron | š | caron | ; | 030C |