Although it may not be entirely obvious, Microsoft Word offers quite an extensive library of symbols (such as copyright signs and fractions) and special characters (such as the em dash and the ...

Q I’m beginning to handle international business, which means I need to be able to use foreign currency symbols in both Word and Excel. How do I create a shortcut for various symbols? In Excel, it’s a ...

You can add a superscript or subscript in Word using the appropriate buttons in the Font section of the Home ribbon. You can also use keyboard shortcuts to format text as a superscript or subscript.

You can insert a smiley face, perhaps the most commonly used emoticon, into a Word document using punctuation marks or by using the smiley character from the Symbols group on the Insert tab, but these ...