My first post for a very long time. I have now moved onto Word 2010 and am trying to work out how to modify work for a Y10 student who is studying music among other things.
Today’s problem is how to put sharps, flats and naturals into Word documents. Sharps cause less problems because the hash (#) key appears on the keyboard (unless you are a purist, in which case read on!). Naturals and flats are more difficult. The best solution I have found so far is to use the unicode values. To do this, enter them by typing the code in Word, then pressing Alt-X. The flat, natural, and sharp symbols are 266d, 266e, and 266f, respectively. I found this at http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,1858698,00.asp, thanks.
If you want to set this up more automatically, then an autocorrect entry can do this. A description of how to do this is given here. By highlighting the symbol in an existing document and then going to the autocorrect menu, you can set up an entry (e.g. -flat). The highlighted symbol should be showing in the table. Don’t forget to change the button above to formatted text. Then just add the entry and next time you go into Word, when you type B-flat, it will automatically put in the symbol.
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