The caret symbol is used in math and means a partial conjunction in symbolic logic, also known as the wedge, according to Wolfram Mathworld. Most computer keyboards, including the Mac's, make typing the caret symbol easy.

The copyright ©, trademark ™, and registered trademark ®, symbols can be inserted quickly in Office applications using the Autocorrect feature. Typing (c), (tm), or (r) will accomplish this. The other way to enter special symbols in Excel is by going to Insert > Symbol. You can actually create your own keyboard shortcuts for inserting other special symbols in Excel such as the micro symbol (µ), delta symbol (∆), degree sign (°), plus-minus sign (±), common superscripts such as ² or ³, common fractions such as ¼, ½, ¾, dot sign (), partial differential (∂), infinity (∞), etc.

To do this in Excel, go to Tools > Options > Spelling tab > Autocorrect Options button > Autocorrect tab. Add the entries in the table listed below. Because the Autocorrect options apply to the other Office applications, you'll find that after you add these using Excel, you can use the same shortcuts in Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc. Replace: With: (micro) µ (delta) ∆ (deg) ° (degree) ° (+/-) ± (^2) ² (^3) ³ (1/4) ¼ (1/2) ½ (3/4) ¾ (dot) (part) ∂ (partial) ∂ (inf) ∞ (infinity) ∞ Note that not all of the unicode characters will be displayed correctly on other computers.

If you ever want to undo when Autocorrect makes an unwanted change, such as when you really want to use (c) for the copyright symbol and not ©, right after Autocorrect changes the text, press Ctrl+z to undo and go on typing.

This link will help: I had a similar desire and with some effort was able to get it working in Excel 2007. Here are several ideas: • In Excel 2007, choose 'Insert', then the 'Symbol' menu. It will bring up a dialog box like this one. You can see I chose the subset 'Greek and Coptic', and the 'Unicode (hex)' options. Then pick the desired Greek letter: • Another hint: If you type a 'q' in an Excel cell then change the font to 'symbol' it should display the Greek letter theta.

Similarly, a 'p' will show as pi. • You may have better luck formatting a number as text and taking advantage of the TEXT() function's flexibility.

Thanks again. I would expect this software to run with a BootCamp installation of Windows. Thank you for trying to help me with this, but if you can't, I do understand and maybe someone else has an idea. Even after reading Page 213 several times, I overlooked this, the second of three bullets on the page.

Here's a screenshot of what I did to get a display of fractions of pi. Again: choose the 'Symbol' font for the cell format and use the letter 'p' to get 'pi'. Here's a final screenshot of what I was able to pull together. You can see the Greek letters in the chart title, legend, and horizontal axis labels.

It took some effort, and I agree that Excel could make it easier than they do --- but it's definitely possible; good luck to you!