Special characters window

To open the Special characters window, do one of the following:

•On the Insert tab, click  Special characters.

•On the Insert tab, click the arrow to the right of the  Special characters button. In the quick insert special characters pane, select More characters.

•When working in macOS, run the Insert > Special characters command from the command menu.

The Special characters window contains the following tools:

•Drop-down list for selecting the font of the special character.

•Drop-down list for selecting the group and category of the character. If the font does not support the characters of a category group or category, it is not displayed in the list.

•Characters. By default, the first character of the selected category is highlighted. Categories are separated from each other by a line.

•The name of the highlighted character.

•The code of the selected character in the Unicode system.

•The typeface of the selected character.

•The font of the selected character.

•Other typefaces of the selected character.

To insert a special character using the Special characters window, follow these steps:

1.Select the font of the special character. You can select it in the same way as you would select a font in the main application window.

2.Select a character category. You can select it in the same way as selecting a special character font.

3.Place the cursor in the position of the document where you want to insert the character.

4.Insert the character in one of the following ways:

•Select the character by double-clicking.

•Select the character with one click and click Insert.

•Select the character with one click and press Enter or Space.

Check the Close window after inserting a character box to close the window automatically.

To close the Special characters window manually, click the Cancel button or the button in the window header.