Here are a few tips for using the Symbol dialog box:

▪▪ When (normal text) is selected in the Font drop-down list, symbols will be inserted
by using the current font. If you select a different font, the insertion will be the same
as the font you selected from the Font list.

▪▪ After you insert a symbol, it will be added to the Recently used symbols list near the
bottom of the Symbol dialog box and on the Symbol drop-down list in the ribbon.

▪▪ As you scroll through the available symbols, the Subset area to the right of the font
will change. You can jump to a specific group of symbols by selecting an item from
the Subset drop-down list, such as Mathematical Operators.

▪▪ To insert glyph characters, select Webdings or any of the three Wingdings fonts from
the Font drop-down list.
TIP Webdings, Wingdings, Wingdings 2, and Wingdings 3 are the main Windows
fonts that contain glyphs. You may have other glyph fonts installed that you can use
as well.

If a selected symbol has an associated keyboard shortcut, it will be listed near the bottom
of the dialog box next to the Shortcut Key button. There are four basic keyboard shortcut
methods that you can use to insert symbols.

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