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How do I insert special characters into MS Office 2007 documents?

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To insert special characters you can go to the "Insert" ribbon and click on "Symbol" (the screenshot below is from MS Excel 2007) Screen Shot of the Insert Ribbon from Excel 2007

Once the Symbol Window pops up you can select the character you want

Screen Shot of the Symbol window from Excel 2007

In Microsoft Word and Outlook a different window will pop up which also includes shortcut key(s) you can use. For the symbol highlighted below (lower case "ø") you would press "Ctrl" and "/" at the same time, then press "o".  For the upper case "Ø" press "Ctrl" and "/" at the same time and then press "O".

Screen Shot of the Symbol window from Word 2007

 

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