Symbols

Copy the paragraph symbol ¶ or type it: Alt+0182 on Windows, Option+7 on Mac. Plus how to turn off the ¶ marks in Word (Ctrl+Shift+8), why it is called the pilcrow, and ¶ vs §.

Copy the section symbol § or type it: Alt+0167 on Windows, Option+6 on Mac, 00A7 then Alt+X in Word. Plus how to cite with § vs §§, why it rules German law, and § vs the pilcrow ¶.

Copy the œ ligature or type it: Alt+0156 on Windows, Option+q on Mac, 0153 then Alt+X in Word. Plus is œ one letter or two, the French œuf/sœur, the œ vs oe migration, and its name ethel.

Copy õ or type it: Alt+0245 on Windows, Option+n then o on Mac, Ctrl+Shift+tilde then o in Word. Plus nasal Portuguese vs Estonian vowel, the -ões plural, and where the tilde came from.

Copy ï or type it: Alt+0239 on Windows, Option+u then i on Mac, Ctrl+Shift+colon then i in Word. Plus umlaut vs diaeresis, the ï in naïve, and the heavy metal röck döts.

Copy à or type it: Alt+0224 on Windows, Option+backtick then a on Mac, Ctrl+backtick then a in Word. Plus acute vs grave, the French à vs a, the Italian è vs e, and the backtick link.

Copy ú or type it: Alt+0250 on Windows, Option+E then u on Mac, Ctrl+apostrophe then u in Word. Plus ú vs ü, the silent u in Spanish qu/gu, and the five accented u letters.

Copy ó or type it: Alt+0243 on Windows, Option+E then o on Mac, Ctrl+apostrophe then o in Word. Plus what the accent means, why ó sounds like oo in Polish, and ó vs ò ô õ ö.

How to type an em dash in Word: type word–word and it becomes —, or Ctrl+Alt+Minus, or 2014 then Alt+X. Plus how the autocorrect works, em vs en dash, and the ^+ find-and-replace trick.

Copy the registered symbol ® or type it: Alt+0174 on Windows, Option+R on Mac, or (r) autocorrect. Plus why you cannot use ® until registered, ® vs ™, and that ® is territorial.