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Adding Symbols

‘Insert a Symbol’ button

‘More Symbols’

symbol subset

Let’s Learn

Have you ever come across a symbol in a document that isn’t available on your keyboard? You
can find symbols such as currency signs like the euro ‘€’ or pound ‘£’, maths signs like the
square root ‘√’ or pi ‘π’, and even legal symbols such as the copyright ‘©’ sign.
You can add all these symbols and many more, with the ‘Insert a Symbol’ button. This button
uses the Greek letter ‘Ω’ to tell it apart from the rest.

Let’s Practise

Using the ‘Symbol’ button.

1
Open a new blank document
in Microsoft Word.

2 From the ‘Insert’ menu, go to the

‘Symbols’ group in the ribbon.

3
Click on the ‘Symbol’ button. A group
of symbols will appear.

4
By clicking on a symbol, it will be
automatically added to the document.
Add the following symbols: π ≥ © € £.

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