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How to Insert Special Symbols and Characters in Google Sheets

Google Sheets does not come with a native method to insert special characters. But these two workarounds can solve the problem.

From copyright symbols to plain checkmarks, special characters and symbols are needed now and then. So, you may be surprised to know that Google Sheets has no way to insert a special character or symbol in its menu!

Thankfully, there are two workarounds that will help you jump the hurdle—allowing you to insert a special character or symbol into your Google sheet and work better on Google Drive.

Method 1: Use the Windows Character Map to Insert a Symbol Into Google Sheets

If you are on Windows 1o (or any other version), then you can use the native Character Map to copy and paste a special character into a Google Sheet. While it's frustrating to have to open Windows to access characters, it's a relatively pain-free workaround.

Launch the Character Map.
Pick the desired font for your special characters. Double-click on the characters that you want to use. Press the Copy button to copy the characters to the clipboard.
Open your Google Spreadsheet. Paste the characters (Ctrl + V or right-click and paste) into the cell that you want.

If you have Windows installed on your PC, then try this method to insert a symbol into Google Sheets.

Method 2: Use Google Docs to Add a Symbol to Your Google Sheets

Surprisingly, Google Docs has a native Character Map, which is missing on Google Sheets. So, this can become the tool to "share" a special character within the same Google Drive. If you don't have Windows or would prefer to just work within Drive, then this is the easiest way to add a special character or symbol to a Google Sheet document.

Open your spreadsheet and also open a Google Doc.
Go to the Google Docs. Click on Insert > Special Characters.
The special character is inserted into Google Docs first. Copy this special character in Google Docs and paste it into your spreadsheet.

Using Special Characters and Symbols

Whether you're trying to insert Greek letters into your sheet, add a Copywrite symbol, or an accented letter, these two methods will help to solve the problem of "missing" special characters in Google Sheets.

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