Introduction to word processing with Abiword
Tutorial
Inserting symbols into your document

Abiword provides a number of commonly used symbols that you may want to insert into your document at different times. Everything from mathematical symbols such as å and p, to copyright and trade-mark symbols such as ã and Ô can be used.

To insert a symbol:

    Pull down the Insert menu and choose the Symbol option.The following dialogue box is displayed.

    Click on the symbol you want.

    Click the Insert button.

    Click the Close button.You will notice that the symbol has been inserted into your document.

Note that as well as the standard Symbols, there are also a range of other characters that can be inserted. If you bring up the Symbol dialogue box by pulling down the Insert menu and choosing Symbol and then click on the drop-down combo box where it says "Symbol", you can choose symbol characters from each of the fonts that are available (see diagram below).

Tutorial
Inserting symbols into your document
Exercise 3:

Try out the Dingbats font in the symbol dialogue box.

You may also wish to see what other symbols are provided by other fonts.