Dear Tiiu,

 

 

Stay Out of Trouble by Using Special Characters in Your Microsoft® Documents

 

NOTE: As always, my directions apply to MS Office® 2007; earlier versions may not be exactly the same. If using an older version, click on the Help link at the top of your program or go to www.microsoft.com to access MS's own tutorials.

Think of how often we use trademarks - registered or not - in our everyday life.

 

We use Scotch tape® to seal a bulky envelope, and adjust the Velcro® closures on our running shoes. And who doesn't pass the box of Kleenex® when we catch the common cold? 

 

It's one thing to use these trademarks - either registered or not (being the difference between the ® and the ™) - in our speech, but quite another to refer to the company name or logo in print without their legal registration or trademark symbol.

 

Don't risk legal action (yes, it's certainly possible) or at the least, your professional reputation, by leaving out the trademark or registered symbol.

It's so easy, and it works - of course - for lots more symbols than just these two.

 

Insert them in Excel®, PowerPoint®, Publisher® and the Outlook Editor®.

 

For this example, we'll insert the ® symbol in a Microsoft Word® document as follows:

• Click on the Insert tab at the top of the Word® program;

And for those of you who love those shortcut keys and use lots of brand names in your text, try the Ctl-Alt-R sequence to speed up the process.

 

Here's to saving time, and staying out of jail.