Any special character can be inserted from Insert | Symbol. Also see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/InsertSpecChars.htm

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"LurfysMa" wrote in message
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On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 17:13:05 -0500, "Suzanne S. Barnhill"
wrote:

This method works only in Word 2002 and above.

Oh, OK. I will be upgrading soon, so I'll try it then.

But you can still insert the
character in a number of other ways. In Word, the built-in keyboard
shortcut
is Ctrl+@, Spacebar.

Yes, I was aware of that for the degree symbol. I was interested in a
general solution for any special character. Thanks.

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