Tuesday Tech Tip: Drawing Special Characters in Google Docs
Need to enter a special character into a Google Doc? Sure you can select the Insert menu then Special Characters, but then you’ve got to browse through thousands of characters to find the one you’re looking for. But, did you know you can draw the character you’re looking for and that Google will supply you with a short list of possible matches to select from? (Click image for demo or get more info from Google support.)
Michael Sauers is currently the Director of Technology for Do Space in Omaha, NE. Michael has been training librarians in technology for the past twenty years and has also been a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, serials cataloger, technology consultant, and bookseller since earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany’s School of Information Science and Policy. Michael has also written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and his fourteenth book, Emerging Technologies: A Primer for Librarians (w/ Jennifer Koerber) was published in May 2015 and more books are on the way. In his spare time he blogs at travelinlibrarian.info, runs The Collector’s Guide to Dean Koontz Web site, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
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Need to enter a special character into a Google Doc? Sure you can select the Insert menu then Special Characters, but then you’ve got to browse through thousands of characters to find the one you’re looking for. But, did you know you can draw the character you’re looking for and that Google will supply you with a short list of possible matches to select from? (Click image for demo or get more info from Google support.)