(5) Although not an ideal solution, you could also try copying and pasting the symbol § from this page into your document and then adjusting the size to fit the rest of your font text. (4) In a Word document you should be able to select the insert tab and then click the symbol tab. (3) Hold down the key and on the numeric keypad press the digits '7' '8' and '9' in that order, then release the key. (2) Hold down the key and on the numeric keypad press the digits '2' and '1' in that order, then release the key. (1) Hold down the key and on the numeric keypad press the digits '0', '1', '6' and '7' in that order, then release the key. NOTE: For the numbers use the numeric keypad, not the upper keyboard numbers.

Each method appear to work in the systems we've tried, but if one set doesn't work, try the others. There simply are too many unicode code-points and too many thinkable use-cases to do “it” for all of them.There are multiple sequences of keystrokes to try in web pages, HTML, and Microsoft Word. A special variant of the macro approach is Compose Special Characters v 2.0.11 » Extensions. This can either be done assigning little macros to (modified) keys, by using the autocorrect tool the clever way suggested, or probably even by defining AutoText entries with well rememberable shortcuts. The original question (again 2 years older) was about IPA extensions, and a generalizing anwer can only be that a limited set of glyphs not already assigned in a simple way to keys in the used layout can be made available. Using my (logitech) keyboard with German standard layout in Writer with English UI and locale, I easily get é, É, è, È, ê, Ê by first pressing the accent key, and then the letter key whether with or without the Shift modifier. Anyway I missed a mention concerning the keyboard and it’s layout. You are answering my more than two years old comment referring to a different comment from the same old time where the typing (insertion) of some letters with French accents was stressed.

Keyboard shortcuts to insert symbols