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People who frequently use the section sign (legal secretaries) or euro
(Europeans) undoubtedly have assigned keyboard shortcuts that they can easily remember, or there may even be key assignments (I believe the euro is on the keyboard in some configurations). And keep in mind that the Symbol dialog, in its origins, long antedates the euro and its symbol. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "grammatim" wrote in message ... _Someone_ felt that that particular selection of characters should be separately accessible (without memorizing a bunch of very similar keyboard shortcuts for the wide variety of hyphens and spaces any one of which might occur quite rarely). Yet they didn't include such frequently used items as section sign. (Or even euro.) On Sep 4, 9:16 am, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Insert=Symbols [down arrow]=More Symbols should bring up the dialog with the 'Special Characters' tab. That tab isn't one used as often as you might think in a broad spectrum of Word users. I would agree. I have keyboard shortcuts assigned to em and en dashes and em and en spaces and use Word's built-in shortcuts (or AutoCorrect) for the rest. About the only time I ever even visit that tab is to check on something for a user. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Bob Buckland ?:-)" 75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com wrote in . .. Hi Peter, Insert=Symbols [down arrow]=More Symbols should bring up the dialog with the 'Special Characters' tab. That tab isn't one used as often as you might think in a broad spectrum of Word users. For tables, not everyone does the design first, it's often added, or changed, once the content is correct. The 'Borders and Shading' dialog is also available in the right click menu when you're in the table. ============ "grammatim" wrote in message ... It's there -- but because it's usually open, I keep it way up top with the unneeded stuff off the top of the screen. But it's very strange that you can't get to it from the Ribbon, since it's where the stuff they think people actually use is kept. Now that I'm trying to make the 16 tables to go with the 92 sources in my article, I'm finding out how much more tedious it is to do a table in 2007. (1) _One_ thing that's needed in every new table, borders, is on the "design" tab instead of the "layout" tab; but why should the "design" tab stay there at all after the design has been assigned? (Which I would never do from one of their built-ins anyway). -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*- |