Insert a Symbol

Quick reference

• 00:04 Let's talk about adding a symbol into your OneNote text.
• 00:08 So I can just click anywhere and start to type.
• 00:13 I'll just type in this is a normal sentence.
• 00:16 So of course, anything on the keyboard you can just type those in, right?
• 00:20 But what if you want a special symbols like the copyright symbol or
• 00:24 the register symbol, or things like that?
• 00:26 So in this case, I pick on the Insert menu and
• 00:29 then we come over here to the right and I'll pick on symbol.
• 00:34 Now, you'll see a lot that are built right in here.
• 00:36 Here we have the desk and the plane and everything else.
• 00:41 And then notice how it says more symbols.
• 00:43 So let's click on More Symbols.
• 00:46 Okay and then you'll see a lot more.
• 00:49 So notice how we're in a font that's called Wingdings.
• 00:53 So let's click on the pulldown for the font.
• 00:56 And then if you scroll down, you'll see other fonts that are called Wingdings.
• 01:02 There's Wingdings one, two and three.
• 01:05 And then you get more pictures, right?
• 01:07 So let's try Wingdings three and you see even more beyond that,
• 01:13 and then let me share where there's even more.
• 01:16 Actually, if you just go to different fonts.
• 01:19 So if you scroll back up a little bit, there's one that's called Webdings and
• 01:24 there's even more pictures there.
• 01:26 And then if I click on this pull down, let's see if I have different ones.
• 01:32 So let's try.
• 01:35 So if I pick on, there's a font that's called map symbols.
• 01:39 Okay, so you get some different ones there.
• 01:41 Of course, there's the copyright symbol, there's registered.
• 01:47 So let's try something.
• 01:50 I'm going to click on cancel here.
• 01:52 So then I'll say this is
• 01:55 Microsoft OneNote.
• 02:03 So let's say OneNote is a copyright, probably is a copyright within Microsoft.
• 02:09 So what I'll do is I'll pick on the symbol icon of the Insert menu and
• 02:14 we'll go back into more symbols.
• 02:17 Good and then it brings you into the font is called Wingdings, but
• 02:21 let's go to a different font.
• 02:24 So for example, I'll find where I found it. It was under the map symbols and
• 02:30 then we see the copyright.
• 02:32 So I'll pick on the copyright and then pick on insert.
• 02:36 Now if I pick on close, you see the copyright symbol there, right?
• 02:41 So let's say in the text here I'll say,
• 02:46 this is a registered trademark.
• 02:55 And I want to use the registered symbol here.
• 02:58 So I'll pick on symbol again, on the Insert menu.
• 03:01 We'll go back to more symbols.
• 03:03 And now, I'm still in that font that's called map symbols.
• 03:06 And now notice how I see the registered the register symbol,
• 03:11 I'll click on Insert there.
• 03:13 And now, that is part of the OneNote.
• 03:16 See, the symbols give you many, many things you can choose from when I pick on symbols and
• 03:21 pick on more symbols.
• 03:22 You can try those fonts that are called Wingdings and Webdings, and
• 03:26 those will give you some interesting pictures there.
• 03:29 But then if you go through the list of fonts,
• 03:32 they'll actually be some interesting ones that you can use as well.
• 03:36 Let's even try like a normal font like Times New Roman.
• 03:40 And then even there, you'll see some symbols that you can use even though
• 03:44 you'll see copyright, and registered and some different ones there as well.
• 03:49 And then remember, you can scroll down and then see many other symbols.
• 03:54 Yeah, so go ahead and pick on Times New Roman.
• 03:57 When I picked the normal fine, then you get this subset over here and
• 04:00 that'll give you even more symbols.
• 04:02 So notice how we can get the Latin letters, the Latin characters.
• 04:07 If you scroll down there, you'll see even more.
• 04:09 There's Greek in there.
• 04:11 Cyrillic, different languages are in there.
• 04:13 Hebrew, Arabic, right?
• 04:16 And then if I scroll down even further,
• 04:18 we'll start to see the mathematical operators.
• 04:21 So when you pick a normal font like Times New Roman,
• 04:25 then you come over here, then you'll be able to pick the subset.
• 04:29 And then you'll have a lot more symbols to choose from.
• 04:32 So let's go back with mathematical operators and
• 04:36 then you see a lot of your math symbols in there.
• 04:39 So let's say I needed to do.
• 04:43 This one is usually used for a sum and
• 04:46 I'll pick an insert, and I'll pick on close.
• 04:51 And now, that symbol is in your note.
• 04:54 So that's how you can add symbols onto your OneNote.

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