Inserting symbols and special characters
Use the Symbol command to insert a symbol or special character that cannot be typed on the keyboard, such as the copyright symbol ©.
To insert a symbol or special character
- On your custom toolbar, click Symbol menu (or press Ctrl+F7). If the Symbol button is not visible, add it to the toolbar by opening the Customize dialog box, going to the Commands tab, selecting Insert from the Categories list and then selecting Symbol from the Commands list.
- If the character you want to insert does not exist in the ASCII character set, click the Unicode tab.
- Double-click a character to insert it into the document. Repeat as desired. When done, click Close.
If you insert a Unicode character, you must specify the character set of the document as Unicode; otherwise, the character will not display properly in a browser (or in Preview mode). To specify the document’s character set: on the Document menu, go to the Property group and click Document. Click the General tab and then click the Character Set box and select Unicode (UTF-8).
The Symbol dialog box is non-modal, so you can click on the document window and continue editing while the dialog box is open. In the dialog box, you can also click Copy to Clipboard to save the selected character in the clipboard for future pasting.