Unfortunately, they also make this feature a little hard to find…
You need to first make sure you’re using the Visual tab to write your post or page. By default, the main text entry field has a row of buttons at the top for common functions like bold, alignment and spellcheck.
What a lot of people don’t know is that by clicking the last button on that row, called Show/Hide Kitchen Sink, you’ll open a second row of buttons for some other great features like applying heading styles, pasting text as plain text and, yes, inserting special characters.
When you click the Insert Custom Character button, a dialog box will pop up that provides buttons for 200 different characters. When you roll over one, you’ll see more information at right about the character including a larger version, its name and the HTML and number codes for each.
Simply click the character you want and it will insert it into your text where your cursor is and close the box.
Tip: If you want to use a special character in your page title, use the steps above to enter it in the text box then copy and paste it into the title box.
CES 2019, FaceTime bug, streaming the Super Bowl, Wi-Fi calling for Android phones.
Big-ticket electronics get all the attention, but these little extras are always appreciated.
When 240 characters just isn't enough...
When ten seconds just isn't enough...
Microsoft is doing its darndest to hide the classic Control Panel from Windows 10 users.…
View Comments
Brilliant, just exactly what I needed to know, and well-explained.
Thank you for this! I've needed it and had no idea where to find it.
Thanks for taking the time to comment... And you're welcome!
This is wonderful news--thank you, Elizabeth!
Glad you found it helpful, Susan!