Microsoft KB Archive/77913

= WD: Names and Values for Business and Symbol Characters =

Article ID: 77913

Article Last Modified on 11/16/2006

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 * Microsoft Word 1.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 1.1 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 1.1 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 2.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 2.0a
 * Microsoft Office Word 2003
 * Microsoft Word 2.0c
 * Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 6.0a
 * Microsoft Word 6.0c
 * Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 95a
 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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SUMMARY
The &quot;Microsoft Word for Windows User's Reference Guide&quot; does not list the names and values for business and symbol characters available with the symbol soft font set included with Word for Windows.

Below are the names and values of each symbol and business character available within the symbol soft font set. The ANSI equivalents are also shown if available: Greek Alphabet         Uppercase       Lowercase       ANSI Equivalent --         -       -       --- alpha                   0065            0097            65 beta                   0066            0098            66 gamma                  0071            0103 delta                  0068            0100 epsilon                0069            0101            69 zeta                   0090            0122            90 eta                    0072            0104            72 theta                  0081            0113 iota                   0073            0105 kappa                  0075            0107            75 lambda                 0076            0108 mu                     0077            0109            77 nu                     0078            0110            78 xi                     0088            0120 omicron                0079            0111            79 pi                     0080            0112 rho                    0082            0114 signa                  0083            0115 tau                    0084            0116            84 upsilon                0085            0117 phi                    0070            0102 chi                    0067            0099 psi                    0089            0121 omega                  0087            0127 The similarity of normal ANSI characters to the desired Greek symbol depends on the font you select. Business symbols       Code            ANSI Equivalent --- exclamation            0033            33 number                 0035            35 percent                0037            37 ampersand              0038            38 asterisk               0042            42 plus                   0043            43 less than              0060            60 equal to               0061            61 greater than           0062            62 approximately equal to               0064 equal to or greater than           0179 bullet                 0183 does not equal         0185 congruent to           0187 registered             0210            174 copyright              0211            169 trademark              0212 plus/minus             0177            177

Word for Windows versions 6.0, 7.0, 97
From the Insert menu, choose Symbol. A window will appear displaying tabs for Symbols and Special Characters. The Symbols tab allows you to select fonts and symbols from the installed fonts. The Special Characters tab displays certain special characters such as the copyright and trademark character. The Special Characters tab also displays the Shortcut Key assigned to these symbols. (Ex. Copyright symbol has the Alt+Crtl+C keystroke assigned to it.)

Word for Windows version 2.0
From the Insert menu, choose Symbol. A window displays that allows you to select the desired symbol in a variety of fonts.

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Word for Windows version 1.x
From the File menu, choose Open; select KEYCAPS.DOC. This displays the Symbol characters that are accessible from the normal keyboard when the Symbol font is selected on the ribbon.



MORE INFORMATION
In Word 6.x-97, you can also quickly insert a symbol character by pressing the CTRL+SHIFT+Q keys and typing the letter that you wish to appear in the Symbol font.

In Word 6.x for the Macintosh the shortcut keys are COMMAND+SHIFT+Q.

For example to insert the pie symbol in Word for Windows, type CTRL+SHIFT+Q and the letter p. After the pie symbol appears, Word returns to the original font you were using.

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