Type ¢, £, ¥, & ®, and other characters not on the keyboard

  1. Do one of the following:

    For Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows Millennium Edition, or Windows 98:

    Click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Character Map.

    For Windows NT 4.0:

    Click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, and then click Character Map.

    Note   If Character Map is not available, see Windows Help for information about how to install a Windows component.

  2. In the Font box, click the character you want. If you don't see the character you want, try selecting another font in the Font box.
  3. Click Select, and then click Copy .
  4. Switch to your document, and then place the insertion point where you want to paste the character.
  5. Click Paste .
  6. If the character looks different from the one you selected, select the character and apply the same font you selected in Character Map.

Tip

Character Map shows the key combination you can use in Office to insert the selected character. To type numbers in the key combination, use the numeric keypad, not the keyboard.