What paragraph means Paragraph sign (from the Greek paragraphos, 'to write beside' or 'written beside') is a self-contained unit of a discourse in writing dealing with a particular point or idea. The pilcrow symbol ¶, also called the paragraph mark, paragraph sign, paraph, or alinea (Latin: a linea, 'off the line'), is a typographical character commonly used to denote individual paragraphs. The pilcrow can be used as an indent for separate paragraphs or to designate a new paragraph in one long piece of copy, as Eric Gill did in his 1930s book, An Essay on Typography. The pilcrow was used in the Middle Ages to mark a new train of thought, before the convention of physically discrete paragraphs was a common practice. Install an older version of firefox. In some languages, German, Ukrainian and Russian are one of them, section sign § is called paragraph while what is called paragraph in english is called abzats/ absatz.

This can lead to misunderstandings.

It seems a lot of people can't find how to get certain symbols or characters into their documents, so I hope to offer every method here. Insert Symbol This is one of the easiest methods.

You can include special characters and symbols by entering a control code or a Unicode string. With the In-Place Text Editor, you can right-click and click Symbol on the shortcut menu. This document details how to create shortcuts to insert international characters into Microsoft Word documents in Word for Windows 2003, 2007, and 2010 as well as Word for Mac 2008 and 2011 Windows In Microsoft Word 2003, select Insert --> Symbol, select the desired symbol, and click Insert.

If you use the symbol a lot, you may want to memorize the shortcut key for it, or create a shortcut key or AutoCorrect entry for it. This is Word's Symbol dialog. Word's Symbol dialog also has a Special Characters tab that you shouldn't miss if you use Word a lot. One of the most commonly looked for symbols here is the Paragraph return, also called a Pilcrow. Special for Excel Excel lovers can download a special dialog created by Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP and owner of. Thanks very much, John!

Character Map If you can't find your symbol or character using the Symbol dialog, try the Character Map, which comes with Windows. To use it, hit Start Run and type 'charmap' (without the quotes) and hit Enter. Shortcut Keys Both the above methods may show keystrokes to use, such as the one above displays: Keystroke: Alt+0182 To use this keystroke, hold your Alt key while typing the numbers on the number keypad. It won't work using the regular keypad. Once you type the last number, your symbol or character should appear.

Equation Editor For even more symbols, usually of a scientific or mathematic nature, or for creating Arithmetic problems, use the Equation Editor. Don't expect to jump right in and become an expert. It takes a bit of time. My experience has been, too, that every time I try to edit the fonts, I mess it up even more. Try to live with them the way they are.

To access the Equation Editor, hit Insert Object, choose Microsoft Equation 3.0. This brings up the toolbar. You can create an equation, which looks a lot like a graphic in your document.

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