Use the Font selector above the symbol list to pick the font you want to browse through. Scroll up or down to find the symbol you want to insert.ĭifferent font sets often have different symbols in them and the most commonly used symbols are in the Segoe UI Symbol font set. Place your cursor in the file at the spot where you want to insert the symbol. Symbol such as currency (¥), music (♫), or check marks (✔) If you're looking for an interactive check box that you can click on to check or uncheck, see Make a checklist in Word. As a result it's important to use the right font to find the symbol or character you want. For example, the Elephant font has no fraction characters in it, while Verdana does. Not all fonts have the same characters in them. The most important thing to understand when inserting symbols, fractions, special characters, or international characters is that the font you use is critical. it is more useful to avoid the use the double natural notation and use the more conventional notation shown on the third column.You can easily insert a special character, fraction, or other symbol in your Word documents. The third column shows the recommended notation for cancelling the double sharp and double flat. The second column shows the written pitch ( C) with a double natural symbol that cancels out both sharps and both flats.

In the example below, the first column shows the written pitch ( C) with a double sharp in the top row and a double flat in the bottom row. In practice there is no functional difference between a double natural symbol and a regular (single) natural symbol as both symbols cancel any prior alteration of the pitch. As mentioned above, the double natural symbols are not typically used in common practice, but would only used in highly chromatic passages ( passages with lots of accidentals). As with all accidental symbols, this only effects the notes with that exact pitch in the same measure.The double natural symbol cancelling a double sharp will lower the pitch of the double sharp by one full step (two semitones) and the double natural symbol cancelling a double flat will raise the pitch of the double flat by one full step (two semitones).

The double natural consists of two natural signs to the left of the note to be altered. The double natural is an accidental symbol that completely cancels the effects of a double sharp or double flat symbol. The double natural is a theoretical accidental symbol that is not used in common practice.

Double flat symbol