Inserting special characters and symbols

1. Click at the end of a word or anywhere in a document where you need to place a symbol.
2. Click on the Insert tab, locate the Symbol group at the end of the Insert ribbon, then click on the drop-down arrow next to Symbol:

3. Your recently used symbols are listed in this list. To access more symbols, click on More Symbols… to populate the dialog box with a range of symbols:

4. Click on a symbol that you wish to insert to the document. You can apply formatting options to symbols just as you would any other text.
5. Special characters allow you to insert different dash types, as well as commonly used characters such as the copyright, registered trademark, and trademark symbols:

You can also use your keyboard to insert symbols to a Word document:

• To insert the copyright symbol, type (c) and you will get the ? symbol.
• To insert the trademark symbol, type (tm) and you will get the ? symbol.
• To insert the registered trademark, type (r) and you will get the ? symbol.