Shortcuts for symbols in MS Word

I think most of us very rarely use symbols in word document and when required, we do with the help of menu bar (Insert -> Symbol). But say if you are documenting an article that has lot of maths operators or greek symbols to be placed, then every time selecting the symbol from the menu bar would be annoying and we would love to have some shortcuts to make our life simple. Here is the tip, you would be happy to know that all the symbols can be generated with the help of number combination. Want to know how? just read the below article and by the end of it you are ready to insert symbols by shortcuts.

This procedure would work not only in MS Word but also in browser.

1. Ensure that 'NumLock' is ON in your keyboard.
2. Hold down the Alt Key and enter on the numbers on the Numeric Keypad.

If you are working on the laptop, then you need use the function key (Blue Fn key) which changes set of keys with blue numbers on them into numeric Keypad.

Some of the shortcuts that i figured out for math, greek and generic symbols are as follows:

Maths Operators:
Num Lock On + Alt + 1 + 7 + 1 ½
Num Lock On + Alt + 1 + 7 + 2 ¼
Num Lock On + Alt + 2 + 5 + 1 √
Num Lock On + Alt + 2 + 5 + 2 ⁿ
Num Lock On + Alt + 2 + 5 + 3 ²
Num Lock On + Alt + 2 + 2 + 8 Σ
Num Lock On + Alt + 2 + 3 + 6 ∞
Num Lock On + Alt + 2 + 3 + 9 ∩
Num Lock On + Alt + 2 + 4 + 0 ≡
Num Lock On + Alt + 2 + 4 + 1 ±
Num Lock On + Alt + 2 + 4 + 2 ≥
Num Lock On + Alt + 2 + 4 + 3 ≤
Num Lock On + Alt + 2 + 4 + 4 ⌠
Num Lock On + Alt + 2 + 4 + 5 ⌡
Num Lock On + Alt + 2 + 4 + 6 ÷
Num Lock On + Alt + 2 + 4 + 7 ≈
Num Lock On + Alt + 2 + 4 + 8 °
Num Lock On + Alt + 0 + 1 + 3 + 1 ƒ

Special Symbols:
Num Lock On + Alt + 0 + 4 + 2 + 5 ©
Num Lock On + Alt + 0 + 1 + 5 + 3 ™ (other sortcut in word is Alt + Ctrl + T)
Num Lock On + Alt + 0 + 1 + 7 + 4 ® (other sortcut in word is Alt + Ctrl + R)

Greek Characters:
Num Lock On + Alt + 2 + 2 + 4 α
Num Lock On + Alt + 2 + 2 + 5 ß
Num Lock On + Alt + 2 + 2 + 6 Γ
Num Lock On + Alt + 2 + 2 + 7 π
Num Lock On + Alt + 2 + 2 + 9 σ
Num Lock On + Alt + 2 + 3 + 0 µ
Num Lock On + Alt + 2 + 3 + 1 τ
Num Lock On + Alt + 2 + 3 + 2 Φ
Num Lock On + Alt + 2 + 3 + 4 Ω
Num Lock On + Alt + 2 + 3 + 5 δ
Num Lock On + Alt + 2 + 3 + 7 φ
Num Lock On + Alt + 2 + 3 + 8 ε

Other Interesting Symbols:
Num Lock On + Alt + 1 ☺
Num Lock On + Alt + 2 ☻
Num Lock On + Alt + 3 ♥
Num Lock On + Alt + 4 ♣
Num Lock On + Alt + 6 ♠
Num Lock On + Alt + 7 •
Num Lock On + Alt + 8 ◘
Num Lock On + Alt + 9 ○
Num Lock On + Alt + 1 + 0 ◙
Num Lock On + Alt + 1 + 1 ♂
Num Lock On + Alt + 1 + 3 ♪
Num Lock On + Alt + 1 + 4 ♫
Num Lock On + Alt + 1 + 5 ☼


Hope this list has made your life simple. If you have any other shortcuts, do share them.