The em space symbol is a circle, just like the one that represents the nonbreaking space (shown in the image above).Ĥ. Em space is a space the length of an em dash. The optional hyphen symbol (shown in the image above) is always visible when formatting is displayed on screen.ģ. Optional hyphen is an invisible hyphen that will only appear if the word or character string needs to separate at the hyphenation point when it reaches a line break. Nonbreaking hyphen is a visible hyphen that prevents the word or character string from separating at the hyphenation point when it reaches a line break.Ģ. Word has fifteen special formatting characters for text layout.ġ. Therefore, unless you changed Word’s preset AutoFormat options, inserting these special characters is less efficient than using the keyboard for creating quotation mark pairs. Single opening quote (‘), single closing quote (’), double opening quote (“), and double closing quote (”) are equivalent to the curly quotations that Word automatically creates when you use the keyboard apostrophe or the keyboard double quotation mark to open and close a quotation. The spacing between the points varies depending on your font.ĩ–12. Ellipsis is a set of ellipsis points (…). This special character doesn’t insert a new paragraph.Ĩ. This special character doesn’t insert a section break.ħ. Trademark is a capital letter T with a capital letter M (™).Ħ.

Registered is a capital letter R in a circle (®).ĥ. Copyright is a letter c in a circle (©).Ĥ. En dash is a dash (–) that is shorter than an em dash but longer than a hyphen.ģ.

Special text characters are part of font files, so the availability and appearance of each character will depend on the font you’re using.Ģ.

Special text characters are normal characters that don’t appear on standard keyboards but once inserted, they look the same as keyboard characters. See “ How to Insert Special Characters in Microsoft Word” for step-by-step instructions on inserting all the characters shown below.

Special letters that look normal