Hi Listers I just go to the menu at the top of the email (or Word Document etc) and click on "Insert" and "Symbol" and if needed "Character". I've found everything I need there. (Living in Australia with dollars, I often need to insert the £ symbol.) Incidentally I use Thunderbird for mail (and Mailwasher to screen incoming mail) so I don't know if it works for everything. In Word Documents it depends on what fonts you have, how many different types of symbols you can get. Best wishes Sandy