(If you want to move immediately back to the body of the document, try Shift + F5-this moves you among the last four places your cursor was, so it only works immediately and won’t work the same way if you start typing in the footnote.) The Alt then Ctrl function can be a little counterintuitive, but Alt + Ctrl + F inserts a footnote right in place-and moves your cursor down to that newly-created footnote. No more raising the mouse to the ribbon, finding References, then Insert Footnote. But for small caps-those journal titles or book titles-Ctrl + Shift + K can be a real time saver.

Most Word users know Ctrl + B (bold), Ctrl + I (italics), and Ctrl + U (underline).

Click to position the cursor at the place where you want to insert the symbol in the document.On the heels of a fairly popular tweet, I thought I’d dig into a few of my favorite Microsoft Word keyboard shortcuts that may be particularly useful for legal wrigin.

Obey the below steps to easily find and insert the Naira symbol using the symbol library in Microsoft Word/Excel/PowerPoint. The feature is available on all the Microsoft Office apps including MS Word and Excel. The Symbol window is a library of all the symbols available on a PC.

This is the shortest shortcut if you love to copy and paste symbols.Īll you need to do is select the symbol on the web or the character map, then hit Ctrl+C to copy, switch over to where you need it, and hit Ctrl+V to paste. Using Copy and Paste Methodīelow is the ‘Naira symbol’ if you wish to copy and paste it into your document. These are the steps you may take when it comes to using the Naira sign ALT code.

Then release the key to get the symbol.Īs soon as you release the key after typing the ALT code, the symbol will be typed into your document.

Whilst still holding on to the key, type the Naira ALT code (8358) using the numeric keypad on the right side of the keyboard.

Click your cursor where you need to type or insert the symbol.

And it is used to type symbols that do not have a dedicated key on the keyboard.īelow are the steps you can use to easily type this symbol using the ALT code method. You can use the character code to type in the Naira symbol and any other symbol.

Word shortcut keys for symbols