A long time ago I was taking some notes using Microsoft Word. While I was typing, I wanted to insert an arrow symbol. In order to save some time, since I was just taking some notes, I decided not to insert a symbol from the main menu (Insert & Symbol), but to create one by myself using the keyboard. The result that I wanted to create was this:

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To my surprise, Word transformed my symbol automatically into an arrow like this:

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I thought that this was really cool and handy!

In this article I share with you some shortcuts that you may find helpful as well.

Here is a video which includes the following shortcuts.

• Type ==> (equals sign 2 times and greater than sign once) and press Enter. Result:

• Similarly, type <== (less than sign and equals sign 2 times) and press Enter. Result:

• Type <=> (less than sign, equals sign and greater than sign) and press Enter. Result:

• Type — (hyphen 3 times) and press Enter. Result:

• Hold Shift and type ___ (underscore 3 times) and press Enter. Result:

• Type === (equals sign 3 times) and press Enter. Result:

• Type ### (number sign 3 times) and press Enter. Result:

• Type *** (asterisk 3 times) and press Enter. Result:

• Type ~~~ (tidle 3 times) and press Enter. Result:

• Type Ctrl Shift L (all at the same time) to create a bullet point:

• To transform a text in bold, select it with the mouse and type Ctrl B

Result:

Good morning ➔ Good morning

• To transform a text in italics, select it with the mouse and type Ctrl I

Result:

Good morning ➔ Good morning

• To underline a text, select it with the mouse and type Ctrl U

Result:

Good morning ➔ Good morning

• To concert letters from lowercase to uppercase and vice versa, select them with the mouse and press Shift F3. Result:

GOOD MORNING ➔ good morning

good morning ➔ GOOD MORNING

• To align your text to the left press, select it with the mouse and press Ctrl L
• To align your text to the left right, select it with the mouse and press Ctrl R
• To align your text to the center, select it with the mouse and press Ctrl E

• To create a table press + TAB key and repeat that as many times as the number of the cells you want. Then press Enter. Example:

+ + + + + + +

• Double click anywhere in the document to write on that random area. Example.

• Type (C)

Result:

• Type (R)

Result:

• Type (TM)

Result:

And finally my most favorite symbols:

• Type : -)

Result:

• Type : -(

Result:

Hope you enjoyed reading this article! When I created my first arrow symbol I felt like a magician! I’m pretty sure you will feel like this when you will create your own symbols! I would love to read your comments! If you have any other “tricks” to add, feel free to write them at the comments section! 🙂 🙃 ✨ 🔮

P.S. Stay safe and keep exploring! ༼ʘ̚ل͜ʘ̚༽

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