Laptops All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies- P33: Okay, I’ll admit it: I’ve got a strange biography. I’ve been a writer all my life. My first semi-pro job was sports editor of my high school newspaper. (Go Commodores!) After college I was a political reporter for daily newspapers in Ohio and New York (I covered four national nominating conventions and two Presidential campaigns) and a correspondent for The Associated Press. And then, in 1983, I gave in to my inner geek and became the first Executive Editor of PC Magazine, back in the days when most people asked, “What is a PC?”. | 294 Controlling Microsoft Word from the Keyboard The symbolism of the keyboard How the 4V4P do you get Microsoft Word to use symbols and special characters that are not on the keyboard Earlier in this chapter I discussed how to use the Insert Symbols menu items. There are several other ways to use the extended character set of standard fonts or any of the icons or symbols or nonstandard letters that are part of special fonts. Using the mouse to insert a symbol 1. At the point where you want to add the symbol take one of your hands off the keyboard and find the mouse. 2. Click the Insert menu. 3. Click the Symbols tab. 4. Click and hold the slider arrow on the Symbol chart and pull down slowly until you see the r symbol. 5. Release the slider arrow and click the symbol. 6. Your choice Double-click the highlighted symbol. Move the mouse and click the Insert button. 7. Close the Symbol chart. 8. Return your hand to the proper position on the keyboard so you can continue typing. Using the keyboard to insert a symbol 1. At the point where you want to add the symbol press Ctrl Alt R. So now tell me again how using a mouse is quicker and simpler than using the keyboard The key to pardon the pun is to know the key combinations they re not secret but they are hidden. Table 1-17 Monetary Symbols Symbol Command Alt 0128 e Alt 0162 Alt 0163 Alt 0165 Table 1-18 Punctuation and Typesetting Symbols Symbol Unicode Hex ASCII Decimal i 00A1 followed by Alt X Alt Ctrl Alt 0161 fl 00B6 followed by Alt X Alt 0182 Controlling Microsoft Word from the Keyboard 295 Symbol Unicode Hex ASCII Decimal 1 00B9 followed by Alt Alt 0185 2 00B2 followed by Alt Alt 0178 3 00B3 followed by Alt Alt 0179 Table 1-19 Business and Math Symbols Symbol Unicode Hex ASCII Decimal 00A9 followed by Alt X or Alt Ctrl C Alt 0169 00AE followed by Alt X or Alt Ctrl R Alt 0174 TM 2122 followed by Alt X or Alt Ctrl T Alt 0153 02DA followed by Alt X Alt 0176 00B1 followed by Alt X Alt 0177 g 03BC followed by Alt X Alt
