More info about entering chemical expressions. For finer cursor control on a phone: Enlarge your view of the answer box before moving the cursor. On a mobile device, use your finger or other input device. The method is to insert the approximately symbol using the keyboard shortcuts which will save us from following the long steps. Numeric keyboard to enter To move the cursor within your answer: On a computer, use your keyboard arrow keys (,, , ). There is another very fast method of inserting any character or to be specific APPROXIMATELY SYMBOL in our case, in the the document instantly. If the character you meant to write is on the menu, select it. 5.INSERT APPROXIMATELY SYMBOL IN WORD USING KEYBOARD. For example, sqrt will change to and cbrt will change to. Inside the equation editor, you can use the shortcuts and press space to convert it into a symbol. To use this shortcut, simply press down the ALT key and type 8744 using the numeric keypad. Go to Insert > Equation option under Symbols group. The shortcut to type Logical Or Symbol in Microsoft Word is ALT + 8744 for Windows. Click “Select and Correct” and draw around a character in your equation that was interpreted incorrectly. As mentioned, you can use math replacements in equation editor by enabling the option Replace text as you type. To do this, we’ll select the wrong part of the equation and correct it. If the program misinterpreted something you wrote in your equation, you may have been close and you can select a character to replace the wrong one. Once you’ve erased what you want to, click the “Write” button to draw new parts of your equation. Move the eraser over the part you want to erase, then click and drag over that part of the equation. Right click anywhere inside the Ribbon, then press Customize Ribonne. Once you’ve entered your equation and you discover you need to replace part of the equation, you can erase the part you need to replace. If you entered the equation for the area of a circle, you may have noticed that Ink Equation interpreted your equal sign wrong until you continued to the enter the equation, at which point, the program corrected the symbol. It’s more likely your equation will be recognized correctly if you complete the whole equation. There are four quick methods to enter lambda, sigma, theta, and other Greek letters into the Word document: switch to Symbol font and press the corresponding letter on the keyboard insert an equation and use Latex-like macros add AutoCorrect rules assign a shortcut to lambda, sigma, theta, or another symbol for quick typing. When entering equations, it’s a good idea to enter the whole equation before making corrections.