You can add music symbols to a Microsoft Word document using the programs extensive symbol library. In this library, you will find various symbols for creating musical notation, including notes, instructional symbols and accents. You can use these symbols for a broad range of music-related tasks, from creating sheet music to composing and writing scores for various instruments. You can use these symbols in booklets, pamphlets, web pages and other types of documents created in Word.
Instructions
- 1
Open a document in Microsoft Word.
2Click Insert and select Symbol. Click More Symbols if you are using Word 2007. The symbol menu will open.
3Open the subset pull-down menu and select Block Elements. In this section, you will find various music symbols, including whole notes, single notes, double notes, clefs and accidentals (sharps and flats).
4Open the subset pull-down menu and select Combining Diacritical Marks. In this section you will find various accent symbols, such as marcato, tenuto and staccato.
5Open the subset pull-down menu and select General Punctuation. In this section you will find various instructional symbols, such as natural clef, rest, pause (caesura), crescendo, breath and cut time (alla breve).
6Click on the music symbol you want to use and click Insert.
