WD: Names and Values for Business and Symbol Characters

ID: Q77913

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.1a, 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c, 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

The "Microsoft Word for Windows User's Reference Guide" 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.

For additional information, query on the following words:

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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" (without the quotation marks). After the pie symbol appears, Word returns to the original font you were using.

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Version           : 1.x 2.x 6.0 6.0a 6.0c 7.0 7.
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: February 6, 1998