Index: CKEditor/trunk/_source/plugins/specialchar/dialogs/specialchar.js
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--- CKEditor/trunk/_source/plugins/specialchar/dialogs/specialchar.js	(revision 5504)
+++ CKEditor/trunk/_source/plugins/specialchar/dialogs/specialchar.js	(revision 5812)
@@ -16,20 +16,23 @@
 	{
 		var selection = editor.getSelection(),
-			ranges	  = selection.getRanges(),
+			ranges = selection.getRanges( true ),
 			range, textNode;
 
 		editor.fire( 'saveSnapshot' );
 
-		for ( var i = 0, len = ranges.length ; i < len ; i++ )
+		for ( var i = ranges.length - 1; i >= 0 ; i-- )
 		{
 			range = ranges[ i ];
 			range.deleteContents();
 
-			textNode =  CKEDITOR.dom.element.createFromHtml( specialChar );
+			textNode = CKEDITOR.dom.element.createFromHtml( specialChar );
 			range.insertNode( textNode );
 		}
 
-		range.moveToPosition( textNode, CKEDITOR.POSITION_AFTER_END );
-		range.select();
+		if ( range )
+		{
+			range.moveToPosition( textNode, CKEDITOR.POSITION_AFTER_END );
+			range.select();
+		}
 
 		editor.fire( 'saveSnapshot' );
@@ -263,5 +266,5 @@
 				chars = this.definition.chars;
 
-			var charsTableLabel =  'specialchar_table_label' + CKEDITOR.tools.getNextNumber();
+			var charsTableLabel =  CKEDITOR.tools.getNextId() + '_specialchar_table_label';
 			var html = [ '<table role="listbox" aria-labelledby="' + charsTableLabel + '"' +
 						 			' style="width: 320px; height: 100%; border-collapse: separate;"' +