Select Symbol as the Font in Symbols tab. The Symbol dialog box will pop out as well.
Click anywhere in Word document and right-click the mouse. Scroll up and down to choose the mathematical symbol you want, then just simply click Insert at bottom right. The Symbol dialog box will be displayed, go to Symbols tab and select Symbol in the box of Font. Go to Insert tab and click Symbol button, click More Symbols in the drop-down list.Ģ. Here I’d like to share 5 simple tips: Method 1: Symbol Buttonġ. As for larger than or equal to symbol, approximately equal to symbol, not equal to symbol, etc., you can only insert them through other approaches. Help with Typing Greek (Mac/PC, Accents Included) by is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Have you ever been bothered by inserting a mathematical symbol in Word? After all, the current keyboard has been designed with very few common symbols. You might even be excited to give it a try. There you are, all set up to type in Greek like a pro.
If you’re curious about where the keys are and how to put the accents in, you can select Show Keyboard Viewer from the drop down and it will show you a map of the keys. Simply click on the flag and select Greek Polytonic from the dropdown menu. In the upper right corner near the battery percentage is the keyboard selection. The first step is enabling the keyboard when you want it. Now that you have the keyboard installed, you might want to know how to use it.
Select Greek from the lefthand column and Greek Polytonic from the righthand column. On the left is a list of keyboards currently installed. In System Preferences, click on Keyboard and then on the Input Sources Tab. You can even right-click and pin the on-screen keyboard to the start menu or the task bar for easy access. In the Start Menu, select All Programs –> Accessories –> Ease of Access –> On-Screen Keyboard. To figure out how to type in Greek, you can use the on-screen keyboard. The language bar should automatically appear in the status bar. Now you’re all set up! The next step is to enable the keyboard. Scroll through the list and expand Greek (Greece), then Keyboard, and select Greek Polytonic. On the general tab, click the Add button. In the Control Panel, select Change Keyboards or other Input Methods under Clock, Language, and Region then, under the Keyboards and Languages Tab, click Change Keyboard.
Here are the instructions: For Windows Vista/7 There will be multiple options for Greek keyboards but you will need the Polytonic if you want to use the accents (which you will, or else you’ll still be using the insert symbol feature a lot). To type in Ancient Greek you’ll need to set up your Polytonic Greek Keyboard. I just wish I could have shown my friend before he spent all that time doing it the long way.
While over the years scholars have used many different techniques to get Greek texts into their works, I’m going to show you the easiest way (on Mac and PC) to get a Polytonic Greek keyboard on your computer. A friend of mine said to me once that he typed all of the Greek into his dissertation (on Aristophanes) using the insert symbol feature of MS word.