Symbols

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.

Copy the trademark symbol ™ or type it: Alt+0153 on Windows, Option+2 on Mac, or ™ autocorrect. Plus ™ vs ® (which you are legally allowed to use), the ℠ service mark, and where to place it.

Copy the copyright symbol © or type it: Alt+0169 on Windows, Option+G on Mac, or (c) autocorrect. Plus why (c) is not the real symbol, © vs ® vs ™, and whether you even need it.

@ key not working or typing a quote mark? It is almost always a keyboard layout mismatch (US vs UK), not broken hardware. Here is the quick fix, plus how to type @ right now.

Copy the plus-minus symbol ± or type it: Alt+0177 on Windows, Shift+Option+= on Mac. Plus what ± means (tolerance vs two solutions), the minus-plus ∓, and showing ± in Excel.

Copy the bullet point •, or type it on Windows (Alt 0149), Mac (Option+8), and phones. Plus the bullet family, when to use a real list, and its HTML and URL codes.

Copy the infinity symbol ∞ or type it: Alt+236 on Windows, Option+5 on Mac. Plus why infinity is not a number, that some infinities are bigger than others, the lemniscate origin, and ∞ in code.

Copy the hashtag # or type it: Shift+3 on US keyboards, Alt Gr+3 on UK. Plus why Shift+3 gives £, the octothorpe origin, # in URLs and code, and its HTML codes.

Click to copy arrow symbols — → ← ↑ ↓ ↔ ⇒ ➡ and more — or type them on Windows, Mac, HTML and Word. Alt codes, HTML entities, and what each arrow means.