Keyboard Shortcuts for Some Math and Logic Symbols

The Insert Symbol feature of Microsoft Word can be used to make expressions look neat and professional. It offers you the following palette:

But using Insert Symbol does slow you down. So for the following common symbols, feel free to use the following shortcuts: For this symbol which means less than or equal to greater than or equal to not equal to and or implies if and only if you can type this: <= >= != ^ V or v --> <--> Remarks Just as in Java, C++, etc.

Shift-6 That's the letter v but be careful if you are using v as a variable at the same time. That's two hyphens and a >. Some versions of Word will automatically convert this to . Thats less than, two hyphens, greater than. If you type four hyphens instead of two, it might get converted to .