Insert symbols and characters

During working process you may need to insert a symbol which is not on your keyboard. To insert such symbols into your document, use the Insert symbol option and follow these simple steps:

• place the cursor at the location where a special symbol has to be inserted,
• switch to the Insert tab of the top toolbar,
• click the Symbol,

  

• The Symbol dialog box appears from which you can select the appropriate symbol,

• use the Range section to quickly find the nesessary symbol. All symbols are divided into specific groups, for example, select 'Currency Symbols' if you want to insert a currency character.

  If this character is not in the set, select a different font. Many of them also have characters other than the standard set.

  Or, enter the Unicode hex value of the symbol you want into the Unicode hex value field. This code can be found in the Character map.

  Previously used symbols are also displayed in the Recently used symbols field,

• click Insert. The selected character will be added to the document.

Insert ASCII symbols

ASCII table is also used to add characters.

To do this, hold down ALT key and use the numeric keypad to enter the character code.

Note: be sure to use the numeric keypad, not the numbers on the main keyboard. To enable the numeric keypad, press the Num Lock key.

For example, to add a paragraph character (§), press and hold down ALT while typing 789, and then release ALT key.

Insert symbols using Unicode table

Additional charachters and symbols might also be found via Windows symbol table. To open this table, do one of the following:

• in the Search field write 'Character table' and open it,
• simultaneously presss Win + R, and then in the following window type charmap.exe and click OK.

  

In the opened Character Map, select one of the Character sets, Groups and Fonts. Next, click on the nesessary characters, copy them to clipboard and paste in the right place of the document.