Cool Google Docs “Insert Symbol” Feature

I was just working on something in Google Docs and needed to insert a letter “a” with a circumflex. I clicked on “insert symbol” and searched for “a,” but none of the options were what I needed. Then I noticed that there was a box where you could use your finger to draw the symbol you needed. (I’m working on a tablet; wouldn’t work with an older computer.)

Well, worth a try, I thought.

Definitely worth a try! Look what I got when I drew a picture of what I was looking for. Thanks, Google!

About Katherine Wikoff

I am a college professor at Milwaukee School of Engineering, where I teach literature, film studies, political science, and communication. I also volunteer with a Milwaukee homeless sanctuary, Repairers of the Breach, as chair of the Communications and Fund Development Committee.
This entry was posted in Creativity, Grammar, punctuation, usage, mechanics, Learning, Technology, Writing, blogging and tagged , , , , , . Bookmark the permalink.

2 Responses to Cool Google Docs “Insert Symbol” Feature

  1. Google is amazing! A little scary sometimes, in that it seems it can read my mind, but very cool. I just a new ipad for Christmas. I’ll have to check out some features!! Thanks for the tip! 🙂

    Like

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Log Out /  Change )

Twitter picture

You are commenting using your Twitter account. Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Log Out /  Change )

Connecting to %s

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.