Use your up and down arrow keys to scroll through your fonts, and notice what happens in the 'Preview' area. Some fonts will display a flat; some will display a box or some other symbol--not all fonts include the flat symbol. Choose one that is to your liking, and click 'OK.' I chose 'MS Reference Sans Serif.' The flat should still be highlighted. On the far right of the Word 2016 Insert tab dwells the Symbols group. Two items are found in that group: Equation and Symbol. (If the window is too narrow, you see the Symbols button, from which you can choose Equation or Symbol.) Click the Symbol button see some popular or recently used symbols.
![Flat Flat](/uploads/1/2/5/3/125356058/193275419.jpg)
I needed to generate PDF files for our school from Word documents created on Office XP. 'No problem,' I thought, 'just open it in Word X and Print to PDF.' Sure enough, that worked fine, except I failed to notice that the original files went right to the edge of the paper, and my PDFs clipped the edges. I tried the various printers I had installed, and none of them would allow me to print with no margins. Doing a quick Google search yielded several photo printers that would make borderless prints, but I had none of those printers installed, and I couldn't create a new one. Then I realized I could trick Print Center into thinking one of my installed printers was something different by simply specifying a different printer type. I installed a printer a second time, gave it a catchy name (borderless PDF), and then changed the model to an Epson Stylus Color 83 driver.
Now my PDFs can be borderless. This is actually really easy to do once you know how. Since you're creating a PDF, it might not even involve your printer (if you're not printing).
It's like this, at least for Word 2011 for Mac: File Page Setup Paper Size US Letter Borderless or A4 Borderless. Notice that the both US Letter and A4 choices have a little triangle to the right-when you position your cursor over US Letter or A4, you can choose the regular or borderless. Click OK and then save your document. It should be okay now. If for some strange reason it's not, then in your print dialog, select Paper Handling from the drop-down menu and if it doesn't show the borderless choice, select it here as above. But recheck the page setup thing and be sure you save before printing or saving as a PDF.
So I was typing along in Microsoft Word on a Mac, when all of a sudden I was writing over all of the text - as if I had pressed the Insert key on a PC. Nothing is listed on any of the menus, or when I searched the help field (that's because the Mac calls it 'overtype,' which I didn't know at the time). At the very bottom of the document's screen, there are some bits of information (page, section, total number of pages, etc.). On the far right, there are four abbreviated words: REC TRK EXT OVR, each with a small circle to their left. If you click the OVR word, its circle will turn green and you will write over text until you again click the OVR box.
I searched and searched online and couldn't find info because the word - overtype - was not in my personal vocabulary, so I didn't search for it. robg adds: Yes, this is a simple hint on a somewhat-obvious feature. But it's one that I actually get asked a fair bit by PC switchers, as the Mac doesn't have an Insert key as such (the Clear key will provide that functionality when booted into Windows on an Intel Mac, however. The REC box starts recording a macro; TRK enables track changes mode; and EXT extends the selection - such that when you click the mouse, your selection is extended to that point. Thank you for the tip above here.
I rarely use Overtype but occasionally it's invaluable for completing basically assembled forms in word where form authors have relied (a little annoyingly, albeit well intended) on the use of underscores to block out a fillable area. Just as an fyi, for Microsoft Word 2011 on a Mac, to use Overtype you have the same two options you had on Office 2008. Option #1: Set in preferences (less useful, bit fiddly, but quick for a one off) Word Preferences Edit Overtype (toggle box) Option #2.: Add a Custom Menu command for 'Overtype' View Toolbars Customize Toolbars & Menus (Click 'Commands' tab) (Click 'All Commands' filter) Overtype (drag either to menu or toolbar) I put under 'Edit' menu. If you really want the toolbar button, with Word 2011 and the new 'Ribbon', it seems to only let you drag the custom toolbar entry to the toolbar at very top of the Word window. Hope this helps - I was surprised at how tricky this was to find, too!