Math Symbol Keyboard Shortcuts
Launch word outlook or powerpoint and navigate to file options menu.
Math symbol keyboard shortcuts. You should change the keyboard input to unicode hex input for using alt codes in mac. Alt click a button to copy a single character to the clipboard. Math autocorrect is exactly similar function like normal autocorrect. Letters keyboard to enter nrt x absolute value numeric keyboard to enter vector vec.
On mac you can use the hexadecimal code values with alt or option keys to type mathematical symbols. To assign a symbol to a shortcut key follow these steps. Enable math autocorrect shortcuts. Shift click a button to insert its upper case form.
Typing math symbols in mac. On the insert tab in the symbols group click in the symbol listbox and then select more symbols. Alt codes for mathematical symbols alt code symbol description alt 48 57 0 9 zero to nine alt codes for basic operators. For example option 2a76 will produce the three equal symbols like.
Go to proofing tab and click on the autocorrect options button. Alt code symbol description alt 43 plus sign alt 45 minus sign alt 0215 multiplication sign alt 0247 obelus division ign. Stop the mouse over each button to learn its keyboard shortcut. Numeric keyboard to enter and numeric keyboard to enter minus sign hyphen numeric keyboard to enter multiplication dot asterisk numeric keyboard to enter square root sqrt.
You can select text and press ctrl c to copy it to your docu ment.