Insert a Symbol

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Insert a Symbol

 

Insert a Symbol

The Rich Text Editor allows you to insert symbols that are not on your keyboard, such as copyright symbols, trademark symbols, paragraph marks.

To insert a symbol, do the following:

1.Point to the position within the document where you want to insert a symbol.

2.On the Insert tab, in the Symbol group, click the Symbol button.

IS1

The Symbol dialog will be invoked.

IS2

3.Select the symbol to be inserted and click OK, or double-click the symbol.

In addition, some symbols can be inserted in the document using default keyboard shortcuts:

SHORTCUT

DESCRIPTION

CTRL+ALT+C

Inserts the copyright (©) symbol.

CTRL+ALT+OEMPERIOD

Inserts the ellipsis (…) symbol.

CTRL+ALT+R

Inserts the registered trademark (®) symbol.

CTRL+ALT+-

Inserts the em dash (—) symbol.

CTRL+ALT+T

Inserts the trademark sign (™) symbol.

CTRL+-

Inserts the en dash (-) symbol.