- #HOW TO ADD A PICTURE TO MICROSOFT WORD SYMBOLS CODE#
- #HOW TO ADD A PICTURE TO MICROSOFT WORD SYMBOLS WINDOWS#
Open a new Microsoft Word document or use an existing one.Ģ. Now that you are all excited, you can practice inserting some of these most commonly used Math, Currency and other symbols and get used to using these symbols and special characters in your reports.Īlt + 0177 gives ± (plus or minus sign to indicate tolerance)Īlt + 0178 gives ² (squared to indicate area measures)Īlt + 0179 gives ³ (cubed to indicate volume measures)Īlt + 0153 gives ™ (Trade Mark) Insert Symbols in Word Using the ‘Symbol’ TabĪnother way of inserting symbols in Word Documents is to access the library of symbols and special characters that are readily available in Microsoft Word.Īgain, we will be using the same example and will be trying to write 27° C, this time using the Symbol Tab in Microsoft Word.ġ.
#HOW TO ADD A PICTURE TO MICROSOFT WORD SYMBOLS WINDOWS#
(See image above) Windows Alt Key Codes For Commonly used Symbols After typing 0176, Release the Alt key – the special character (° degree symbol) will appear as soon as you release the ALT key. You just cannot make this work by typing the codes using regular number keys found at the top of the keyboard.Ħ. Note: You need to use the Numeric Keypad on your keyboard to type the 4 digit codes.
#HOW TO ADD A PICTURE TO MICROSOFT WORD SYMBOLS CODE#
Type the four digit code ( 0176) for the required special character using the numeric keypad. Press and hold down the Alt key (usually found next to the space bar)ĥ. Write the number 27 and place your cursor where you want to insert the ° degree symbol.Ĥ. Open a new Microsoft Word document, even an existing one will do.ģ. When the Num Lock is on you can type numbers using the numeric keypad.Ģ. If your keyboard does not have a light or an indicator, see if you can type numbers using your numeric keypad. While Num Lock is usually on by default, you can re-confirm by looking for a light or an indicator on your Keyboard that says that the Num Lock is on (most keyboards have this type of indicator). You can turn it on by pressing the Num Lock Key. Make sure that the Num Lock key on the numeric keypad is turned on. Let us get started with an example to write 27☌ using the numeric keypad of your keyboard and special character code ALT + 0176 which represents the degree sign.ġ.