1 st Method: Using Insert Symbols. This method involves using the symbols dialog box located in the symbols area at the right border of the insert tab. Below are steps to insert symbols in word using Insert Symbols. NOTE: in the steps below, I’ll illustrate how to insert symbols in word by inserting the greater than or equal to symbol. In addition to the planet symbols, you can type moon symbol ☾ using Alt + 9790 and sun symbol ☼ using Alt + 9788. Customizing the Symbols. Though on the browser all zodiac symbols have a background color, you will see a simple outlined symbol on Word document. Sigma symbol Σ Quick Guide. To type the Sigma symbol on Mac, press Option + w shortcut on your keyboard. For Windows users, press down the Alt key and type 228 using the numeric keypad, then release the Alt key. These shortcuts work in both Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint and anywhere on the Windows or Mac PC. Armstrong Symbol In Microsoft Word Free Download Ebook Tafsir Jalalain Bangla Fsx Ai Aircraft Installer Mmpi Software Prince Of Persia The Forgotten Sands Skidrow Crack Fix Keygen Detroit Diesel Diagnostic Link Install Checkpoint Gaia Virtualbox Images Vectric Aspire 3. In the Press new shortcut key field, type the key combination that you want to use for the symbol or character (e.g., for symbol μ used Alt+M) and click Assign. Note: Be careful, you can reassign the assigned already shortcuts in Word.Be sure, that after Current assign to: there are no active Word functions. In any case, you can reassign any existing function in Word to a.

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The Alt keyAlt (pronounced /ˈɔːlt/ or /ˈʌlt/) on a computer keyboard is used to change (alternate) the function of other pressed keys. Thus, the Alt key is a modifier key, used in a similar fashion to the Shift key. For example, simply pressing A will type the letter 'a', but holding down the Alt key while pressing A will cause the computer to perform an Alt+A function, which varies from program to program. The international standard ISO/IEC 9995-2 calls it Alternate key. The key is located on either side of the space bar, but in non-US PC keyboard layouts, rather than a second Alt key, there is an 'Alt Gr' key to the right of the space bar. Both placements are in accordance with ISO/IEC 9995-2.

The standardized keyboard symbol for the Alt key, ⎇ (which may be used when the usual Latin lettering “Alt” is not preferred for labeling the key) is given in ISO/IEC 9995-7 as symbol 25, and in ISO 7000 “Graphical symbols for use on equipment” as symbol ISO-7000-2105. This symbol is encoded in Unicode as U+2387 alternative key symbol (⎇). Macintosh keyboards equate the Alt key with the ⌥ Option key, which has its own symbol, similar to that of the ISO standard.

The Alt key should not be confused with the Altmode key (sometimes also labelled Alt) on some Teletype and ASCII terminals, which is a synonym for the ASCII escape character.

Evolution[edit]

The Alt key has come to replace the Meta key of the old MIT keyboards. In their original function, both Alt and Meta would set the high bit of the signal generated by the key to 1 (for example, A generates 01000001 while Alt+A generates 11000001). However, in modern software, due to the requirement of the high bit for internationalization, Alt no longer works in such a way.

Since the 1990s Alt has been printed on the Option key (⌥ Opt) on most Mac keyboards. Alt is used in non-Mac software, such as non-macOS Unix and Windows programs, but in macOS it is always referred as the Option key. The Option key's behaviour in macOS differs slightly from that of the Windows Alt key (it is used as a modifier rather than to access pull-down menus, for example).

Alt key combinations[edit]

The Alt key is well known as part of the key combinations:

• Ctrl+Alt+Delete may restart the computer (its original function); in some operating systems it brings up a task manager - see Control-Alt-Delete.
• Alt+⌘ Cmd+Esc (rather ⌘ Cmd+⌥ Opt+Esc in native parlance) brings up the Force Quit window in Apple’smacOS, see Option key.
• Ctrl+Alt+← Backspace usually causes the X display server to shut down or to restart, see Control-Alt-Backspace.
• Alt+F4 closes the current window (or shuts down the computer if the desktop is in the foreground) on most windowing systems.
• Alt+⇧ Shift switches between language layouts.
• Alt+Tab ↹ switches between the currently opened windows on most windowing systems, often referred to as alt-tabbing.
• Alt+↵ Enter allows for a new line when Enter performs another command. (This is also done by ⇧ Shift+↵ Enter in other programs.) For example, in a word processor, this creates a line break rather than a paragraph break.

Alt key for special characters[edit]

Windows[edit]

In Microsoft Windows, holding down the Alt key while typing in numbers (often referred to as Alt codes) on the numeric keypad allows the user to type special characters not normally available on the keyboard. For example, holding down Alt while typing 0225 (Alt+0225) on the numeric keypad will result in á, the character at 225 in the codepage. These extended keyboard characters are useful for persons using foreign languages, mathematics, currency symbols, business use, etc. Some computers work the same if the Num Lock key is on.

macOS[edit]

On a Macintosh, the Alt key is called the Option key. It is not used to enter numeric character codes. Instead, keyboard letters and numbers are used. The diagram below shows the special characters a US Mac keyboard will produce when the Option key is pressed.^[1]

The highlighted orange keys show the accents available from the combination of the Alt key and the keyboard characters eiu (on the top letters row) and `n (on the bottom letters row). The accent then can be applied to associated letters both lower and uppercase. The additional characters a Mac will produce are a combination of both the ⌥ Option key and the ⇧ Shift key pressed down together. With this combination pressed the keyboard will now produce a different set or an uppercase version of the previous set in some cases.

Alt key pressed alone[edit]

When a user presses the Alt key by itself on Microsoft Windows, that moves keyboard focus to the menu bar of the application having keyboard focus, and the key is not delivered to the application. In that state, another press of the Alt key will be delivered to the application.

On other platforms, for example Ubuntu, the Alt key pressed by itself may invoke another application and not be delivered to the application having keyboard focus. In Ubuntu 16.04, pressing the key opens the HUD, which is an input field that lets the user perform menu commands such as opening a file, or creating a new file.^[2]

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1. ^How to find symbols and characters on the Mac – Record PC - via Archive.org
2. ^Unity/HUD - Ubuntu Wiki

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