MS Word provides a Symbols feature that allows users to insert various symbols, special characters, fractions, and language-specific characters into a document using the Symbol dialog box.
Some pictures of symbols in MS Word are:
Steps to Add Symbols in MS Word
Step 1: On the navigation menu click on the insert option.
Step 2: On the right-hand side of the navigation menu select the Symbol option as shown in figure:
Step 3: Next select the symbol from the menu as per your need.
Step 4: You can also select more different types of symbols by just clicking on the More Symbols option as shown in the figure:
Step 5: A symbol dialog box will be pop up on the screen.
Step 6: Now click on the symbols option as shown in the figure:
Step 7: Next click on the drop-down arrow of the font box to change the font style of symbols.
Step 8: Select the font style from the style menu.
Step 9: Next click on the drop-down arrow of subset box to select the different categories of the symbols.
Step 10: Select the symbol category from the menu.
Step 11: Select the symbol as per your choice as shown in the figure:
Step 12: Then click on the insert option to insert the symbol on your current page of the document.
Note: You can also search for a particular symbol using its character code as shown in the figure:
Step 13: Enter the symbol character code in the character code box.
Step 14: Select the option (UNICODE, ASCII) as shown in the figure:
Step 15: Then click on the insert option.
Step 16: Close the symbol dialog box as shown in the figure:
Finally, the symbol is added to your document.
Steps to Insert Special Symbols in MS Word
Step 1: Click on the Symbol option from the navigation menu.
Step 2: Select the More Symbols option as shown in the figure:
Step 3: A symbol dialog box will open.
Step 4: Now select the special characters option as shown in the figure:
Step 5: Select the special character as per your choice from the menu.
Step 6: Click on the insert option to continue.
Step 7: Close the symbol dialog box.
Finally, special characters symbol is added to your document.
These are some of the steps to insert symbols and special characters in the document.