I worked on a math quiz in Math for set theory where questions are pulled into a text file within Flash. The instructor wants to include the union (∪) and intersection symbol (∩) in his problems, so what to do?

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Search for a character or symbol: Enter a commonly used word or phrase (such as question mark) or code (such as U+003F) in the search field, then press Return. To insert a character or symbol in a document, position the insertion point in the document where you want the item to appear, then click the item in the viewer. In writing, infinity can be noted by a specific mathematical sign known as the infinity symbol (∞) created by John Wallis, an English mathematician who lived and worked in the 17th century. The infinity symbol (∞) represents a line that never ends. The common sign for infinity, ∞, was first time used by Wallis in the mid 1650s. Infinity symbol typing in MS Word. How to type infinity symbol in MS Word? Infinity symbol typing in MS Word. Hold the Alt key and type 236 on the num-lock keypad.

The good news is that if you can create a UTF-8 text file and insert the symbols, it will import into Flash (at least in Flash 8.) For math, your best bet is usually to use the Windows Character Map utility and insert the symbols into a Notepad text file or use the Macintosh Character Palette with a Text Edit or BBEdit text file. Unfortunately, the process is still a little clunky in both platforms, but it's better than in 2005.

Windows

You have to open both Notepad (Start » Accessories) and Character Map (Start » Accessories » System Tools)

For the Windows Character Map, it's a semi-clunky process. You have to switch the font to Arial Unicode MS (because it has the all the math symbols), then scroll down to window untul you see the math section. Then you have to select, copy and paste each symbol into Notepad.

In Notepad, when you save the file, you have to make sure the encoding menu under the file name is changed from 'ANSI' to 'UTF-8'. Fortunately, it will warn you.

Macintosh

In Text Edit for the Mac, you go to Edit » Special Characters to bring up the Character Palette. Click the Math option and hunt for the symbol. Highlight and click Insert to place it in Text Edit.

Once you insert the symbols, you have to make sure your encoding is set to UTF-8 during the save process. Go to the Format menu and select 'Make Plain Text.' Then, when you save the file you have to make sure the encoding menu under the file name is changed from 'MacRoman' to 'UTF-8'.

Reopening UTF-8 Files in Mac Text Edit

In Text Edit, if you reopen a UTF-8 file it may be magically transformed to MacRoman (you'll see things like Á& instead of your intended character). Very annoying (grr!!) To prevent this, you must go into the Text Edit Preferences, then click the Open and Save panel. Make sure that the Plain Text Encoding options for opening and saving are set for 'UTF-8.' Or you can spring for a license for BBEdit or Mellel which are better about warning you.

As for Flash - fonts are still a little tricky within Flash, but at least it's playing well with text files.

Superscript and Subscript

I also used Flash for a College Algebra quiz where I discovered that the XML format does not support HTML tags like <sup> and <sub>. Instead, you may need to use the Unicode characters for superscripts and subscripts.

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To insert the lambda, sigma and theta lettersin a Word document, you have different ways:

I. Using the Symbol font:

This method is very useful when you need to insert symbols rarely andit works only for Latin or Greek letters.

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Anytime, when you type the text in the Word document, you can switch to the Symbolfont and use the corresponding Latin letters to enter Greek letters:

1. Click Ctrl+Shift+Q to switch your currentfont to the Symbol font.

2. Use symbols like normal font (e.g. in Symbolfont keyboard button 'a' equals Greek letter 'α', keyboard button 'b'equals Greece letter 'β', ..., 'l' ->'λ', ..., 'w' -> 'ω', etc.):

Note: This method works for inserting only one letter. Thus, if you want toinsert several symbols, you need to repeat these steps for each insertion.

After entering one letter using the Symbol font, the next character is entered usingthe previous font.

If you click Ctrl+Shift+Q twice, Word does not switch to the previous font, and theSymbol font doesn't stop to work after the first entered symbol. Thus, you will needto change the current font and style later.

II. Using the Equation:

This way is perfect if you don't need to care about the format and compatibilitywith previous versions of Microsoft Office (a recommended approach for physicalscience and mathematics, which require a lot of math in the text with consistentfonts for all equations and symbols):

1. In the paragraph where you want to insert thesymbol, click Alt+= to insert the equitation block:

2. In the equitation block without any additionalefforts, you can enter any letter that you need just by typing+Name of the letter:

Note: You can create a shorter name, see the point III.2.

III. Using auto-replace:

When you work with many documents and often need to paste one specialsymbol, you may not want to insert an equation each time. Microsoft Word offers ahelpful feature named AutoCorrect. The AutoCorrect options in MicrosoftWord propose two different ways to quickly add any special character, such as alambda, sigma or theta letter from the Greek alphabet, or evenlarge pieces of text:

• Using the Math AutoCorrect options,
• Using the Replace text as you type function of the AutoCorrectoptions.

III.1. Using AutoCorrect for Math:

Using this method, you can benefit the Math AutoCorrect options without inserting anequation. To turn on or turn off the AutoCorrect of the Math symbols, do thefollowing:

1. On the File tab, click Options:

2. In the Word Options dialog box, on theProofing tab, click the AutoCorrect Options... button:

3. In the AutoCorrect dialog box, on theMath AutoCorrect tab, select the Use Math AutoCorrect rules outside of the math regionsoption:

After clicking OK, you can use any of the listed Names of symbols andMicrosoft Word will replace them to the appropriate symbols:

Note: If you don't need the last replacement, click Ctrl+Z to cancel it.

III.2. Using Replace text:

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Using this method, you can come up with some sequence to use for replacing it to theLatin or Greek letter. For example, to replace some Greek letter with not short names,it is possible to use:

To define the new, short names to some Greek letters, do the following:

1. Insert the symbol for which you want to definethe short name, using the Symbol font and select it.

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2. On the File tab, click Options.

3. In the Word Options dialog box, on theProofing tab, click the AutoCorrect Options... button.

4. In the AutoCorrect dialog box, on theAutoCorrect tab:

• Ensure that the Replace text as you type option is selected,
• The selected symbol has been inserted in the With field. If you use theFormatted text, select this radio button:
• In the Replace field, type the sequence that should be replaced to thesymbol,
• If such sequence doesn't used yet, click Add.

IV. Using a shortcut key:

Microsoft Word provides a way to define the shortcut key for the most often usedfunctions. Thus, you can assign a shortcut for inserting the lambda,sigma or theta letter:

1. On the Insert tab, in the Symbols group,click the Symbol button:

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Note: If you use the character very often, you will find it in the Symboldropdown list:

2. Click More Symbols....

3. On the Symbol dialog box:

• To insert the lambda, sigma or thetafrom the current font (if exist), from theSubset dropdown list, select the Greek and Coptic:
• To insert the lambda, sigma or thetafrom the Symbol font, from theFont dropdown list, choose the Symbol font:

4. Choose the symbol and click the Shortcut Key...button to open the Customize Keyboard dialog box:

5. In the Press new shortcut key field, type the keycombination that you want to use for the symbol or character (e.g., for symbol λused Alt+L) and click Assign.

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Note: Be careful, you can reassign the assigned already shortcuts in Word. Besure, that after Current assign to: there are no active Word functions. In any case,you can reassign any existing function in Word to a different key.

See also this tip in French:Comment insérer lambda, sigma, thêta et autres symboles grecs dans Word.