I want to use the male female and virgin female symbols (virgin female is
female with a v on the top) to write a report about fruit fly genetics...
they used to be in bookshelf symbol but I can't find virgin female symbol on
my new XP and word 2002 computer help....

On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 17:31:04 -0800, biology symbols biology
wrote:

I want to use the male female and virgin female symbols (virgin female is
female with a v on the top) to write a report about fruit fly genetics...
they used to be in bookshelf symbol but I can't find virgin female symbol on
my new XP and word 2002 computer help....

For the female symbol, type 2640 and press Alt+X. For the male symbol,
use 2642 and Alt+X.

You can assign easier shortcut keys to them as follows: Open the
Insert Symbol dialog. Select either Arial Unicode MS or Lucida Sans
Unicode in the font box. If you don't see the Subset dropdown on the
right, set the "from" box at the lower right to "Unicode (hex)".

In the Subset box, scroll down and select "Miscellaneous Dingbats".
Find the female and male symbols in the main part of the dialog.
Select one and click the Shortcut Key button. Press the shortcut key
combination you want to use, click the Assign button, and click Close.
Then set the shortcut for the other symbol.

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

Actually, these symbols are available in Times New Roman as well (though
possibly nicer-looking in Arial Unicode MS). And to get the v on top, you
could use the Combining Caron from the Combining Diacritics subset of Arial
Unicode MS (glyph 030C) or glyph 02C5 or 02C7, for which you will require an
EQ \o field (for more info, see
http://home.earthlink.net/~wordfaqs/Overbar.htm).

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 17:31:04 -0800, biology symbols biology
wrote:

I want to use the male female and virgin female symbols (virgin female is
female with a v on the top) to write a report about fruit fly genetics...
they used to be in bookshelf symbol but I can't find virgin female symbol
on
my new XP and word 2002 computer help....

For the female symbol, type 2640 and press Alt+X. For the male symbol,
use 2642 and Alt+X.

You can assign easier shortcut keys to them as follows: Open the
Insert Symbol dialog. Select either Arial Unicode MS or Lucida Sans
Unicode in the font box. If you don't see the Subset dropdown on the
right, set the "from" box at the lower right to "Unicode (hex)".

In the Subset box, scroll down and select "Miscellaneous Dingbats".
Find the female and male symbols in the main part of the dialog.
Select one and click the Shortcut Key button. Press the shortcut key
combination you want to use, click the Assign button, and click Close.
Then set the shortcut for the other symbol.

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