Hello All,
I am trying to use the greek letter sigma in an equation. I type in s in
the equation and then select Symbol as the font. Nothing changes. Is this
a problem with Word?
Thanks,
Bill
There's no problem with Word, but there are several ways to go about
inserting Greek letters.
First question: Are you inserting an equation using the Equation
button on the Insert ribbon, or an Equation Editor 3.0 object, or just
some plain text that you think of as an equation? It makes a big
difference...
- If it's from the Equation button, you should see the Equation Tools
ribbon, in the middle of which is the Symbols group. The common Greek
letters are in rows 5 and 6 of that group (use the up & down arrows
next to the group); or click the More button and then click the title
bar of the display and choose Greek Letters; or right-click any of the
letters and add it to the Quick Access Toolbar. One more way: type
\sigma into the equation and it will be autocorrected to a lower case
sigma (or \Sigma for an upper case sigma).
All characters in an Equation pane will be in Cambria Math font, no
matter what font you try to apply.
- If its from the old Equation Editor, which is still available
although not installed by default, use the Greek letters on the
floating toolbar (top row, rightmost two buttons).
- If it's in text, select the s before changing to Symbol font.
