How to Enter Symbols, Foreign Characters, Quote Marks, and Dashes into PowerPoint 2007 Slides
If you need to enter an umlaut, grave accent, or cedilla on a PowerPoint slide, PowerPoint has Symbol dialog box. PowerPoint’s Symbol dialog box has a copyright symbol and an eight ball, and tons of foreign language characters. Click in your slide where you want to enter a symbol or foreign character and follow these steps to enter it:
1 Click the Insert tab.You can insert all kinds of things. |
2 Click the Symbol button.The Symbol dialog box opens. To enter a foreign character, select it and click the Insert button. |
3 To insert a symbol, not a foreign character, choose Webdings or Wingdings 1, 2, or 3 on the Font drop-down list.Webdings and the Wingdings fonts offer all kinds of weird and whacky symbols. |
4 Select a foreign character or symbol.You may have to scroll to find the one you want. |
5 Click the Insert button to enter the symbol and click Close to close the dialog box.The symbol appears on the slide. |
