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How do I add a cents symbol in a Microsoft Word?
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BCHS wrote:
How do I add a cents symbol in a Microsoft Word? See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Genera...tSpecChars.htm for general information. The cent symbol is in most fonts as character (decimal) 162, meaning that you can hold down the Alt key while typing 0162 on the number pad (with NumLock turned on) to get ¢ in almost any Windows application. Specifically in Word, the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+/,c is assigned to it (meaning "press Ctrl and / together, release them, then press c") by default. If you use it a lot, you can assign an AutoCorrect entry such as /c to insert it. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Jay, you seem knowledgeable about this issue. This is one of the least
intuitive aspects of MS Word. I have Word 2003 with all the updates and to find the ¢ symbol, I have to go to insert, symbol, then cursor down seven lines to get to the ¢ symbol. What I find odd about this is the $ symbol is on the first line of the symbol listing. Why is the ¢ symbol not right next to it!!! I find this odd and not typical of the way most people think when they are searching for monetary symbols. Do you agree? I hope you will communicate this to the MS Word/Office staff to get an update out that will correct this situation. "Jay Freedman" wrote: BCHS wrote: How do I add a cents symbol in a Microsoft Word? See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Genera...tSpecChars.htm for general information. The cent symbol is in most fonts as character (decimal) 162, meaning that you can hold down the Alt key while typing 0162 on the number pad (with NumLock turned on) to get ¢ in almost any Windows application. Specifically in Word, the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+/,c is assigned to it (meaning "press Ctrl and / together, release them, then press c") by default. If you use it a lot, you can assign an AutoCorrect entry such as /c to insert it. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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I wouldn't go thru all of that for the cents symbol. Just hit Alt + 0162 on
the numbers beypad. So much easier! (That was one of the first things my mom learned and she's amazed all of her cyber friends with that.) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "mtnpastor" wrote in message ... Jay, you seem knowledgeable about this issue. This is one of the least intuitive aspects of MS Word. I have Word 2003 with all the updates and to find the ¢ symbol, I have to go to insert, symbol, then cursor down seven lines to get to the ¢ symbol. What I find odd about this is the $ symbol is on the first line of the symbol listing. Why is the ¢ symbol not right next to it!!! I find this odd and not typical of the way most people think when they are searching for monetary symbols. Do you agree? I hope you will communicate this to the MS Word/Office staff to get an update out that will correct this situation. "Jay Freedman" wrote: BCHS wrote: How do I add a cents symbol in a Microsoft Word? See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Genera...tSpecChars.htm for general information. The cent symbol is in most fonts as character (decimal) 162, meaning that you can hold down the Alt key while typing 0162 on the number pad (with NumLock turned on) to get ¢ in almost any Windows application. Specifically in Word, the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+/,c is assigned to it (meaning "press Ctrl and / together, release them, then press c") by default. If you use it a lot, you can assign an AutoCorrect entry such as /c to insert it. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Thanks for the tip JoAnn, but I have learned through this forum that the ¢
symbol can be obtained by holding Ctrl followed by / followed by the letter c. To me, that is simpler. But it may just be the way my brain works. "JoAnn Paules" wrote: I wouldn't go thru all of that for the cents symbol. Just hit Alt + 0162 on the numbers beypad. So much easier! (That was one of the first things my mom learned and she's amazed all of her cyber friends with that.) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "mtnpastor" wrote in message ... Jay, you seem knowledgeable about this issue. This is one of the least intuitive aspects of MS Word. I have Word 2003 with all the updates and to find the ¢ symbol, I have to go to insert, symbol, then cursor down seven lines to get to the ¢ symbol. What I find odd about this is the $ symbol is on the first line of the symbol listing. Why is the ¢ symbol not right next to it!!! I find this odd and not typical of the way most people think when they are searching for monetary symbols. Do you agree? I hope you will communicate this to the MS Word/Office staff to get an update out that will correct this situation. "Jay Freedman" wrote: BCHS wrote: How do I add a cents symbol in a Microsoft Word? See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Genera...tSpecChars.htm for general information. The cent symbol is in most fonts as character (decimal) 162, meaning that you can hold down the Alt key while typing 0162 on the number pad (with NumLock turned on) to get ¢ in almost any Windows application. Specifically in Word, the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+/,c is assigned to it (meaning "press Ctrl and / together, release them, then press c") by default. If you use it a lot, you can assign an AutoCorrect entry such as /c to insert it. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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The advantage of remembering the ASCII code is that you can use it anywhere,
whereas the Word shortcut works only in Word. Like you, however, I find it easier to remember Ctrl+/, c (my mind just doesn't retain numbers). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "mtnpastor" wrote in message ... Thanks for the tip JoAnn, but I have learned through this forum that the ¢ symbol can be obtained by holding Ctrl followed by / followed by the letter c. To me, that is simpler. But it may just be the way my brain works. "JoAnn Paules" wrote: I wouldn't go thru all of that for the cents symbol. Just hit Alt + 0162 on the numbers beypad. So much easier! (That was one of the first things my mom learned and she's amazed all of her cyber friends with that.) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "mtnpastor" wrote in message ... Jay, you seem knowledgeable about this issue. This is one of the least intuitive aspects of MS Word. I have Word 2003 with all the updates and to find the ¢ symbol, I have to go to insert, symbol, then cursor down seven lines to get to the ¢ symbol. What I find odd about this is the $ symbol is on the first line of the symbol listing. Why is the ¢ symbol not right next to it!!! I find this odd and not typical of the way most people think when they are searching for monetary symbols. Do you agree? I hope you will communicate this to the MS Word/Office staff to get an update out that will correct this situation. "Jay Freedman" wrote: BCHS wrote: How do I add a cents symbol in a Microsoft Word? See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Genera...tSpecChars.htm for general information. The cent symbol is in most fonts as character (decimal) 162, meaning that you can hold down the Alt key while typing 0162 on the number pad (with NumLock turned on) to get ¢ in almost any Windows application. Specifically in Word, the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+/,c is assigned to it (meaning "press Ctrl and / together, release them, then press c") by default. If you use it a lot, you can assign an AutoCorrect entry such as /c to insert it. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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