How to insert musical symbols?

[Grandlife B]

How do I insert musical symbols using Word 2003?

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Use a font that contains the symbols. If you don't have one, search the web
for one to purchase.

 

[Bert Coules]

My copy of Word 2000 came with a font called Helsinki Metronome, which seems
to be musical symbols but which I can't make appear on the screen, and
another called Reprise Text - also musical notes and symbols, but this one
works.

I'm not sure I'd want the hassle of trying to put together even a short
length of actual music, though; I imagine that there are dedicated add-ons
for that.

Bert

 

[JoAnn Paules]

http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/default.aspx

That font was never offered with Word regardless of version.

 

[Bert Coules]

That font was never offered with Word regardless of version.

Which font? I mentioned two. I must have got them from somewhere and
certainly didn't deliberately obtain them myself; perhaps they were simply
part of Windows XP.

Bert

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Neither. Nor were they offered with Windows XP or any other Microsoft
offering.

Many programs come with fonts, even some printers.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

 

[Bert Coules]

Many programs come with fonts, even some printers.

Ah, then that's a possibility. Thanks. I wonder why the first one I
mentioned, Helsinki Metronome, doesn't appear to work, though.

Bert

 

[JoAnn Paules]

No clue. Never heard of that font nor have I ever needed a musical note
font. (I sing fine in my car, my shower, and my mind - that's the extent of
my musical talent.)

 

[gordo]

Is the font installed?

Gordo

No clue. Never heard of that font nor have I ever needed a musical note
font. (I sing fine in my car, my shower, and my mind - that's the extent
of my musical talent.)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

Ah, then that's a possibility. Thanks. I wonder why the first one I
mentioned, Helsinki Metronome, doesn't appear to work, though.

Bert

 

[Bert Coules]

Is the font installed?

If that was directed at me, then yes, I believe it is: the solution to the
puzzle seems to be that not every key on the keyboard produces a result:
some (the ones I tried, obviously) are blank. Others do indeed produce
musical notes and other symbols.

Whether this will be of any use to Grandlife B, I don't know, but it might
at least be a start.

Bert

 

[JoAnn Paules]

I can honestly say that although I am a fontaholic, there are no fonts
installed in my car, my shower, or my mind.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

Is the font installed?

Gordo

No clue. Never heard of that font nor have I ever needed a musical note
font. (I sing fine in my car, my shower, and my mind - that's the extent
of my musical talent.)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

JoAnn Paules wrote:

Many programs come with fonts, even some printers.

Ah, then that's a possibility. Thanks. I wonder why the first one I
mentioned, Helsinki Metronome, doesn't appear to work, though.

Bert

 

[jgt]

Try http://simplythebest.net/fonts/musical_fonts.html
http://websitetips.com/fonts/music/
http://www.renaesroom.com/Fonts/Available/FunFonts/Music/MusicFonts.html
http://www.paratype.ru/fstore/fonts/Musical.htm
http://cg.scs.carleton.ca/~luc/music.html
and see if they have something you like, good luck.