How do I insert Greek symbols in Pages?

In System Preferences > Language & Text > Input Sources:

Check Keyboard & Character Viewer

Check Show Input menu in menu bar

Exit System Preferences.

On Finder menu bar next to date, select Show Character Viewer. In the window that pops up, you will see a default list of character collections on the left panel -- but no Greek Symbols. Select the small gear icon and Customize List... Scroll down until you see European Alphabetic Scripts section. If it is not already expanded, click to do so. Select Greek. It will now appear at the bottom of the character panel. Select this Greek symbol category.

Launch Pages and the document where you want to include Greek symbols. Place the cursor where you want specific symbols located. Now, in the Character viewer, double-click the Greek symbol to place it in your Pages document ... like this: ΘΞΔ.

I should mention that you can launch the Character viewer from within Pages > Edit > Special Characters...

You probably know that you can find the greek symbols in Edit > Special characters. To make them easier to use you can in the Pages Preferences > Auto Corrections add a key combination for each of the characters/symbols you need. Here you see I have one for an arrow symbol. The image is from Pages 08 but it is the same for Pages 09.

Some you can type:

∑ π ß ∂ ∆ Ω µ

are all available if you hold down the option key with other characters.

Peter

PeterBreis0807 wrote:

Some you can type:

∑ π ß ∂ ∆ Ω µ

ß is not Greek but German.

I know Tom. 🙂

But it makes a nice fudge for Beta, just as √ the square root makes a good tick if you are typing.

Peter

PeterBreis0807 wrote:

it makes a nice fudge for Beta

That is really awful advice, βut to start off the new year I will grant you a fudge:-)

Too much time at the βeach ... over Christmas.😉

Very helpful, solved my problem!