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2023-11-24T18:52:02+00:00

<<key combination for American-type cents>>

(I don't how to express the term for the coin that we in the U.S. call "cent".)

At any rate, I use to type Alt-144 with the "USkeyboard" and the "cents symbol" would display on my computer display screen. Now, what appears, I believe, is the "pound symbol" (É). If anyone can suggest a workaround so I could have the American "cents symbol" display, I would appreciate it.

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  1. Charles Kenyon 166.5K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2023-11-24T19:57:35+00:00

    Although 0285 is what showed with my symbols dialog, if you type 00A2 (or 00a2) and press Alt+X you will get the genuine, properly sized, cents symbol. See::

    Again, getting the cent symbol may depend on the font you are using. If you already have this symbol in any document (or even web page) you can also copy and paste into your document.

    AutoCorrect

    Once inserted in a document, it can be selected and saved as an AutoCorrect entry.

    File > Options > Proofing > AutoCorrect Options gets you to the following dialog in the Windows desktop versions of Word.

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    You want the AutoCorrect tab of this dialog (which is the default), and to have Replace Text as You Type checked (also the default). In the box above I am creating an entry named _cts which is not something I would type for other purposes.

    See Exploiting AutoCorrect by Suzanne Barnhill, MVP.

    AutoText with a Keyboard Shortcut

    You could also save this as an AutoText entry or other Building Block and attach a keyboard shortcut for it.

    I would suggest an entry name like _cts so AutoComplete could also be used.

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  1. Suzanne S Barnhill 277.1K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2023-11-25T02:19:04+00:00

    All of the above is unnecessary because there is a built-in keyboard shortcut in Word: Ctrl+/, c. That is, press Ctrl and the slash together, release, and then type c.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-11-24T19:36:23+00:00

    <<If you click on the Shortcut Key button, you can assign a new shortcut.If you click on the Shortcut Key button, you can assign a new shortcut.>>

    Well, a number of symbol rows appeared after typing Alt-N-U (the Alt key, the Insert shortcut, and the Symbol shortcut. In what row number does the cents symbol appear?

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  4. Charles Kenyon 166.5K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2023-11-24T18:59:36+00:00

    Insert > Symbol

    [Edit/Correction - see following posts. While the methods shown works, this is the wrong symbol*, the Cedi sign rather than a cent symbol. Further, it this Symbols dialog is not a constant. Using* Unicode 002A and pressing Alt+X will insert the symbol, which can then be saved to AutoCorrect or AutoText for easy insertion.]

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    If you click on the Shortcut Key button, you can assign a new shortcut.

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    The built-in shortcuts may depend on your font, keyboard and proofing language settings.

    The Alt+Shift+C showing above is simply one that I typed in. It is currently set to ClosePane, which I never use.

    The initial symbols dialog indicates a [non-standard] keyboard shortcut, i.e., inserting the unicode character by typing 2085 and pressing Alt+X to insert that character.

    See also: Assigning Keyboard Shortcuts in Microsoft Word 2007-2021 (365)

    You could, instead, assign it to an AutoCorrect, as well, perhaps to be triggered by "cts." There is a button to do that, as well, on the Symbols dialog.

    Exploiting AutoCorrect by Suzanne Barnhill, MVP

    ![Image](https://learn-attachment.microsoft.com/api/attachments/708869c0-2fc6-4ddd-b172-9515e5b0e83d?platform=QnA"https://learn-attachment.microsoft.com/api/attachments/708869c0-2fc6-4ddd-b172-9515e5b0e83d?platform=QnA" title="filestore.community.support.microsoft.com" rel="ugc nofollow">I am used to the cents symbol being smaller. To accomplish that, you would need to first insert the symbol in a document and then shrink the font size. I normally type in 11 pt text.

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    You would then select the smaller symbol and add that as a formatted AutoCorrect entry.

    The disadvantage of doing this is that the font size will not change based on what surrounding text size is.

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