Insert a symbol

You can use a character picker to insert symbols into your document.

  1. In the editor, place your cursor at a location where you want to insert a symbol.
  2. To open the Character picker dialog, click the symbol icon.
  3. If the symbol you want to insert is shown, click it to add it to your document.
  4. To search for a different symbol, click More symbols...
  5. If you know the name of the symbol, on the By name tab, in Name of character to search for, enter text to describe the symbol.
  6. To browse the symbols in different categories, such as emoji or punctuation, select the By categories tab.
  7. When you find the symbol you want, click to select it.
  8. When you've selected all symbols you need and they appear in Selected characters, click OK.
  9. The Character picker closes and the symbol(s) appears in the editor.