how do i add gender symbols while working in Word? They are not an option in the existing symbols.

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MAdirK

You can use the Character Palette to insert these - see above

1. Choose View [All Characters]
2. Choose Miscellaneous Symbols
3. Verify [By Category]
4. Choose Collections: [Containing selected character] - this will display the fonts that have the character you select
5. Locate and choose the symbol you want - then choose the font you wish [4]
6. Double-click the character OR choose [Insert] to insert where the cursor is in your document

You should probably play around with the Character Palette, in particular 'Favorites'(at the top near [3] 'by Category'), which will save all your cool symbols not available from the keyboard. Just DBL+click the favorite symbol and voila!

regards

CCC

As our friend and fellow user Klaus1 said earlier today in another thread:

You need to ask Microsoft on their forum:

http://community.office365.com/en-us/f/default.aspx

CCC