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Default symbols is missing from the insert menu

Before I upgraded to XP I could insert trademarks and things like that in a
document by clicking on insert then selecting "symbols". Since upgrading to
XP symbols is no longer on the insert menu. I'm using Word 2000.
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Jay Freedman
 
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On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 04:43:01 -0800, "dmottorn"
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Before I upgraded to XP I could insert trademarks and things like that in a
document by clicking on insert then selecting "symbols". Since upgrading to
XP symbols is no longer on the insert menu. I'm using Word 2000.


See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Custom...oreMenuCmd.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
 
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And in case you wonder how you lost the Symbol entry on the Insert menu,
dollars to doughnuts you did it by trying to insert a dash. The built-in
keyboard shortcuts for dashes include the "minus" key on the numeric keypad.
Many users overlook or fail to understand "Num" and use the hyphen key
instead. If you press Ctrl+Alt+Hyphen, you get the so-called "Terminator
Hyphen," which looks like a big minus sign. What this is used for is to
remove menu entries (such as defunct files from the Work menu or MRU list).
When Ctrl+Alt+Hyphen didn't insert a dash as expected, your next impulse is
to try Insert | Symbol. Surprise! You just deleted it! Luckily the
Terminator Hyphen is "used up" after one application (you can also turn it
off with ESC if this happens again).

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On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 04:43:01 -0800, "dmottorn"
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Before I upgraded to XP I could insert trademarks and things like that in

a
document by clicking on insert then selecting "symbols". Since upgrading

to
XP symbols is no longer on the insert menu. I'm using Word 2000.


See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Custom...oreMenuCmd.htm

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Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org


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