How to Insert Symbols, Special Characters in Word

This guide explains how to insert Symbols, Special Characters in Word, with clear steps, practical tips, and important checks before you begin.

Step 1: Place the cursor at the position you want to insert -> on the Insert tab -> Symbols -> Symbol -> select commonly used characters displayed on the window or click More Symbols. to add symbols other self:

Step 2: The Symbol dialog box appears in the Font section, select the character group to insert -> Select the character to insert -> Insert or double-click the character to insert:

Step 3: After inserting the characters to be inserted -> click Close to close the dialog box -> the result has inserted special characters into the text:

Here you need to know the special character group to minimize the time to search. The following groups of characters in the Font section:

- Font = Wingdings: A group of common characters about books, phones, hands, etc. is the most commonly used and popular character group.

- Font = Wingdings 2: Similar to the Wingdings font but adds more special characters like stars, moon.

- Font = Wingdings 3: A collection of symbols about arrows.

- Font = MS Gothic: There are many interesting fonts for you to use when playing games or Facebook without worrying about font errors.

- Font = Webdings: Contains a lot of beautiful characters from many different topics

- Font = Segoe MDL2 Assets: Includes commonly used characters in software such as pointers, arrows, folders, calendars, etc.

- Font = Segoe UI Emoji: Includes special characters about animals and emojis.

In addition, if you want to use the shortcut combination to insert special characters -> click to select the Special Characters tab -> now you only need to press the shortcut combination in the Shortcut key to insert special characters:

Above is a detailed guide on how to insert symbols, special characters in Word. Good luck!