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- The Word Interface
- Working in Different Views
- Managing Windows
- Setting Display Options
- Entering Text
- Basic Text Editing
- Using the Proofing Tools
- Finding and Replacing Text
- Entering Symbols and Special Characters
- Using the Navigation Pane
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
Entering Symbols and Special Characters
Some characters—especially symbols, such as copyright (©)—can be extremely difficult to type. Using the Symbol drop-down gallery or the Symbol dialog box, you can easily insert a symbol or other character from any font that's installed on your computer.
To insert a symbol or other character:
- Set the text insertion mark at the spot in your text where you want to insert the symbol or other character.
- In the Symbols group on the Insert tab, click the Symbol icon.
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Do either of the following:
- Choose the character from the Symbol drop-down gallery (Figure 4.43). The character is inserted into the text.
Figure 4.43 Common symbols can be selected from this gallery.
- Choose More Symbols to open the Symbol dialog box (Figure 4.44). To insert a character, double-click it or select it and click Insert. Click the Close button or the close box (X) to dismiss the dialog box.
Figure 4.44 To insert a symbol that isn't in the Symbol gallery or one from a different font, use the Symbol dialog box.
- Choose the character from the Symbol drop-down gallery (Figure 4.43). The character is inserted into the text.
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TIPS
- When inserting a character, Word uses the font at the text insertion mark. To use a different font (Webdings, for example, contains unusual characters not found in other fonts), choose it from the Font drop-down menu in the Symbol dialog box.
- To use a special character throughout a document, insert it once, select the character, copy it (
), and then paste the character (
) wherever it's needed.