How do I add international characters in symbols in Word?

[4accuracy]

(1) Primarily writing in English, I want to use a few words, such as names,
that require international characters, such as an umlaut, for example. At
this time, for instance, I want to use a Danish character the name of which I
do not recall. Yet when I try Insert/Symbol, all I can select are wingdings.
How can I find or add international characters?
(2) [Another problem I'm having is that though I have English (US) selected
for the language of use, for some reason, my spellcheck checks using English
(UK). How did that happen and how can I reset it for English (US).]

 

[Stefan Blom]

1. In the Insert | Symbol dialog box, choose a different font in the
"Font" box. If you choose "(normal text)," you will see the characters
available in the font currently applied to text.

2. See http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/LangFmt.htm.

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

For (1), see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/InsertSpecChars.htm. Note
that, to get symbols in the font you're using (as opposed to Symbol or
Wingdings), you must select "(normal text)" in the dialog (it's usually
selected by default).