Once you have set up your keyboard shortcut, click Close twice to exit the Symbol dialog. You can override the existing key assignment merely by clicking the Assign button, or you can select a different key combination. If that key combination is already in use, the dialog will display the feature that uses the shortcut. Go ahead and type/press the keys you wish to use as your shortcut, such as Alt P for the paragraph symbol or Alt S for the section sign. The Customize Keyboard dialog should open, with the cursor already positioned in the “Press new shortcut key” box. Just click to highlight the character, then click the Shortcut Key button at the bottom of the dialog. If a keyboard shortcut doesn’t exist, it’s fairly simple to add one. If a keyboard shortcut exists for the symbol, you can close the dialog and use the keystrokes to insert it into your document.Ĭreating a Keyboard Shortcut for a Special Character or Other Symbol You can insert a Special Character directly from the dialog box by double-clicking it or by clicking to highlight it and then either pressing Alt I or clicking the Insert button (and then, if you are finished inserting symbols, clicking Close to dismiss the dialog). For unknown reasons, Microsoft has assigned keyboard shortcuts to some, but not all, of these characters. They include, among others, em dashes, en dashes, non-breaking hyphens, non-breaking spaces, the copyright symbol, the paragraph symbol, and the section sign. Special Characters are symbols that Microsoft has singled out - presumably because they are commonly used. The dialog box has two tabs: Symbols and Special Characters. The Special Characters Tab of the Symbol Dialog (In earlier versions, you can click the Insert menu, Symbols or press Alt I, S.) However, if you want to bypass the MRU list, simply press Alt I, S to launch the Symbol dialog. Most people open the Symbol dialog in Word 2007 by navigating to the Insert tab, Symbols group, clicking the Symbols drop-down (which opens the Most Recently Used - or MRU - symbols list), and then clicking More Symbols. In Word 2007 and Word 2003 (and most other recent versions of the program), you can insert symbols via the Symbol dialog or by using keyboard shortcuts (if you know the existing shortcuts for certain symbols or if you have created your own key combinations). Inserting symbols (Word 2007 and Word 2003)
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