IMPORTANT On most standard keyboards, to enter the caret (^), tilde (~), or colon (:) you

also need to hold down the Shift key. For example, a tilde is entered by pressing Shift and
the single left quotation mark, which is typically the key to the left of the number 1. Another
example is the caret, which is entered by pressing Shift+6. To help you remember the shortcuts,
the keyboard shortcuts provided deliberately use keys for characters that are similar to the
accent character.

Assigning a custom keyboard shortcut to a

character or symbol
If you frequently use the same character or symbol that has a complex keyboard
shortcut, you can define your own custom keyboard shortcut instead of memorizing
the built-in one. In the Symbol dialog box, select a character or symbol, and then click
Shortcut Key. In the Customize Keyboard dialog box that appears, in the Press New
Shortcut Key text box, press the keys for your preferred keyboard shortcut. For ex-
ample, press Ctrl+Shift+Y.

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