Inserting Symbols

Click in the text where you want to add the symbol.

Open the Insert menu and select Symbol to open the Symbol dialog box.

Double-click the symbol you want to insert into your document for example, the Copyright Sign (©). Then, click Close.

The symbol is inserted in your document.

INTRODUCTION

The Symbol command enables you to insert special characters, international characters, and symbols such as the registered trademark (®) and trademark (™) symbols. You can easily add these and other special characters to your Word documents.

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Finding Symbols

You can locate different symbols and different types of symbols by clicking the down arrow next to the Font field in the Symbol dialog box and selecting a different font. Each font provides different symbols from which to choose.

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Foreign Letters

If you are using a foreign word, you can use a symbol for punctuation. To include those, click the down arrow next to the Font field in the Symbol dialog box and select (normal text). You can then choose from letters with different punctuation.