Is there a way to insert uparrow that is not a wingding in word with a keyboard shortcut? Whenever I insert the symbol from the character browser it switches my font to wingdings and it's frustrating because then I have to manually switch back to the original font.
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IMPORTANT NOTE (When using Unicode symbols) Unicode support varies dependant on the symbol of choice, browser and the font family. If you find your chosen symbol does not work in some browsers then try using a different font-family. Click on the down arrow by Font:, scroll down to the Wingdings font, click on the down arrow symbol on the bottom line. Click Select, click Copy. Now you can paste the contents of the clipboard to wherever you want it. Other fonts with the different characters are Webdings, Wingdings II, Wingdings III, and Symbol. Many applications (both Mac and Windows) have an Insert Symbol option that lets you select a Unicode symbol: (and many others) You can also copy and paste an arrow from a List of Unicode arrows.
Use something like Dash (Free with IAP) or TextExpander (Paid) to define custom shortcuts for those symbols. Set workspace for java for sublime text 3 in mac. Next time you want to insert
Up Arrow , you just have to type .upar and it won’t change your fonts (since they’re pasted as plain text).
Update: I didn’t realize that you change the font manually. This still can be solved with TextExpander (but not Dash). All you need to is to choose Rich Text (selecting font that have
Up Arrow ) for the expanded custom arrow, and put a space afterward in the font you use in Microsoft Words.
Eg. You use Monotype Corsiva in Microsoft Words — by assuming that it doesn’t contain
Up Arrow . Define your expanded words where Up Arrow is selected as Lucida Grande that supports arrows. Right after the arrow, change the space into Monotype Corsiva. This way, you use two fonts in Microsoft Words, but only Up Arrow is in Lucida Grande.
P.S. There is an Alfred’s worflow called Symbols that lets you search through the unicode, paste it into your active Text Editor. Take a look at how it works.
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I think that must be a Word 'feature' to change to Wingdings, instead of an OS function.
If this is something you need frequently, you can try this solution from @0942v865:
As you hover your cursor over any of the font types you'll see a live preview of fonts changing on the active slide. Figure 4 below shows a different font type, Stencil being selected (highlighted in red within Figure 4), and also a live preview of this font type on the selected text can be seen within the Slide Area-- compare the slides shown in Figures 4 and 1. Click on the font type (as opposed to hovering over it). The font displays in a window, providing a preview of what it will look like in PowerPoint. Select Install Font And now it’s installed, head over to PowerPoint (making sure to. Luckily for us Mac users, the good folks at Apple have made the process of importing custom fonts a straightforward process. Selecting a font you like to use. For better or worse, there is an overwhelming choice of fonts out there on the internet.
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To summarize: copy your favorite arrow symbol and put it into a text file.
Free software to add text to photos. Save it to:
~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict
(You will probably have to create the folder.)
Restart your application, and now you should be able to type optiona (a for arrow) to get an up-arrow..
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