Special Characters In Microsoft Word For Mac
In this tutorial, I have shown you how to access accents and special characters on your Mac. How to access and use other special characters, symbols and emojis. I have shown you how to enable different languages, in System Preferences, and how to write with Chinese characters. Does anyone know whether there is a way to enlarge the special characters grid (I used Office for Mac 2011)? I realize that one can click on any character in the grid in order to slightly enlarge it that character, but this assumes that one can pick out a likely candidate for the character one wants. Jul 31, 2019 You can use one of the following methods to insert special characters from Character Map into a document in a compatible program. Method 1 To copy individual characters or a group of characters to the clipboard and then paste them into a program: Start Character Map. In the Font box, click the font you want to use. (You must keep the Excel data in the Word document for the font to remain as it is.) Recommendations for embedding fonts. When embedding a font, avoid using Embed only the characters used in the presentation. It is better to embed all the characters in a font so that another user can successfully edit the file, if necessary. This tutorial shows three ways to insert special characters in Microsoft Word: 1. The Symbol dialog box. Keyboard shortcuts. Word’s special characters include twelve text characters, such as the en dash, that don’t appear on traditional keyboards and fifteen formatting characters, such as the nonbreaking hyphen, that affect text layout.
Inserting symbols and unusual characters to your document is easy with Office 2011 for Mac. Symbols for foreign languages, math and science, currency, and so on, are quickly accessible in Office 2011 for Mac.
Just position your insertion cursor (the blinking vertical bar) where you want the symbol inserted in your document and then use one of the following tools to browse the symbols in your Mac’s font collections:
The Symbols tab of the Media browser is a quick, easy way to get at the most popular symbols.
In Microsoft Word, you can choose Insert→Symbol→Advanced Symbol to display a more advanced symbol browser.
Inserting symbols quickly with Media browser in Office 2011 for Mac
The Symbols tab of the Media browser contains only popular symbols, fractions, mathematical signs, and even some music notations. This is a quick, easy-to-use tool. Simply click a symbol, and it’s inserted as text into your document at the insertion cursor’s position. A pop-up menu lets you filter the symbols. Drag the slider at the bottom to adjust the symbol preview size.
Using the Advanced Symbol tool in Word 2011 for Mac
Within Microsoft Word is a feature that people switching from PC to Mac will find familiar. You display the Symbol dialog by choosing Insert→Symbol→Advanced Symbol. The basic operation is simple: Choose a symbol and then either click the Insert button or double-click the symbol. You find two tabs: Symbols and Special Characters.
Inserting from the Symbols tab in Office 2011 applications
The Symbols tab offers a grid-based preview of symbols contained in the font selected in the Font pop-up menu. When you click a symbol, the description area updates and displays the font’s ASCII number and Unicode character number, which you can ignore if you don’t know what that means. If you’ve assigned a keyboard shortcut to a particular symbol, the shortcut is displayed in the Description area.
To insert a symbol, select it in the grid and click the Insert button.
Inserting special characters in Word 2011
The Special Characters tab of the Symbol dialog has a list of frequently used characters and displays the built-in keyboard shortcuts for those characters in Word. To insert a special character, select it from the list and click the Insert button.
Back in 2006, Apple introduced the iWork suite of apps, including Pages, Keynote, and Numbers. Over the years, the company made many changes to it and included more features. Now, apps like Apple Pages and Keynote are solid alternatives to Microsoft Office apps and Google Docs. The Apple Pages shines at basic editing and word-processing capabilities. The software even comes with the ability to add math equations, charts, special characters, and much more.
Apple has added the ability to add emojis and special characters such as copyright symbols, math symbols, Latin words, currency symbols, and more.
In this post, we are going to talk about how to add them in Apple Pages. We will also mention a few tricks to customize the software, the ability to do voice typing, auto-correcting words to symbols, and more. Let’s jump in.
1. Add Emojis and Special Characters
While editing a document, you may come across a situation when you need to add a copyright symbol, Celsius character, different currency, or a simple math symbol.
You can simply go to Edit > Emojis & Symbols and choose a relevant symbol or emoji from the long list. Alternatively, you can tap on the character viewer for a streamlined menu. It’s categorized by Arrows, Latin words, Pictographs, Punctuation, and more. It’s easier to find a symbol form this menu.
This functionality is built right into the macOS. So, it works across all the apps, including Apple Pages, Microsoft Word, Apple Notes, and more. Memorize the keyboard shortcut Control + Command + Space to access the menu quickly.
2. Long-Press on Single Words for Suggestions
This one is also a part of the default macOS package. During writing, when you want to add a special character, you can long-press on keyboard words to open relevant symbol suggestions.
For example, you can long-press on ‘C’ word to see symbol options. Similarly, a long-press on ‘A’ word will showcase a long list of suggestions. If you want to add them in the document, then use the number shortcuts under the character.
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If there are certain symbols or special characters that you use frequently, then you should consider setting up an auto-replacement for those symbols. Let me show you how to set them up in Apple Pages.
Go to Pages > Preferences (Command + ,) > Auto-Correction. Here you will see a replacement section with two menus.
For example, if you usually need the copyright symbol, then type (C), and it will replace it with a copyright symbol. I frequently need to use the Euro currency symbol, so I have set it to (e) shortcut. Surprisingly, the newly added shortcuts worked across all apps including Word and OneNote.
4. Add Math Equation
As I said earlier, Apple Pages is a perfect word-processing document for those living in the Apple ecosystem. It’s popular in the education sector too.
Apple has added the ability to insert math equations in the Pages app. You can go to Insert > Equation (Keyboard shortcut > Option + Command + E) and open the dialog box to add formulas. Now type the formula, and it will convert it to a math-friendly version of it. Select Insert, and it will add the equation in the document.
5. Insert Charts
Apple Pages is as powerful as Microsoft Word when it comes to displaying stats and numbers via graphs.
Go to Insert > Chart and choose from the long list of 2D, 3D, and interactive charts. My only problem is, it doesn’t showcase a preview of a chart before inserting in the document.
6. Customize Toolbar
Apple Pages comes with a standard toolbar for editing and customizing a document. However, you can change them to your preference.
From Apple Pages, go to View > Customize Toolbar and use drag and drop function to your liking. One can also set the software to showcase text and icon.
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Read More7. Add a Signature from iPhone
We have always talked about how Apple integrated its hardware offerings with software tweaks. The same holds true for a MacBook and iPhone.
iPhone users can add a signature or any sketch from the phone to Apple Pages directly. I use it to sign a document. Here is how to do it.
Open the document in Apple Pages, tap on the Picture icon in the toolbar, and select add sketch. It will trigger the iPhone to open a drawing board. You can draw a sketch or create a sign to add that in the
document.
You can also insert an image from the iPhone and scan a document using a phone camera in the Apple Pages.
8. Enable Voice to Text
Do you know one can type entire sentences in Apple Pages using the built-in voice detection function?
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Go to Apple Pages, open a document, and select Edit > Start Dictation. The software will ask for permission and accept it to start typing via voice. In my experience, it worked quite well with the English language.
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This one is useful for professionals. You may want to design a letter pad with company symbol, address, email, website, and more in Apple Pages.
Now, you can save that default document as a template in Apple Pages. So, you don’t have to create it from scratch every time.
After making necessary changes, go to File > Save a Template and give it a relevant name.
Use Apple Pages Like a Pro
Apple Pages is a viable competitor to its rivals. And it's full of nifty tips and tricks. Combine that with the iPhone integration, and you have got yourself a more than capable word-processing software. And hey, it’s free too.
Next up:Microsoft Word also comes with the ability to add special characters and symbols. Read the post below to see how to do that in Microsoft Word and other tips.
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