User Symbols Bar

Purpose

Use the User Symbols bar to store frequently used symbols or symbol templates and make them more quickly accessible. You can customize this window by changing cell sizes and the number of cells, or by saving and loading sets of symbols to and from disk files.

Steps

To insert symbols into the User Symbols bar,

  1. Give focus to the User Symbols bar by clicking on it.
  2. Select an empty cell using the mouse or the arrow keys.
  3. Insert a symbol by selecting a symbol from the Compound Symbols bar or from the Simple Symbols window.
    or
    Paste a previously copied symbol by pressing Ctrl+V or by clicking the User Symbols bar with the second mouse button, then choosing Paste.

To insert a symbol from the User Symbols bar in your document,

  1. Move the cursor to a place where you want to insert a symbol.
  2. Give focus to the User Symbols bar by clicking on it.
  3. Select the cell in the User Symbol bar with the desired symbol using the mouse or the arrow keys.
  4. Double-click the cell.
    or
    Press Enter.
    or
    Select the symbol, then click on the selection, hold down the mouse button, drag to the destination cell in your document, then release the mouse button.

To create or edit pages of User Symbols,

To change the page of User Symbols displayed,

To change number and size of cells,

See Also

View User Symbols