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Use Vector Images in Office Apps For Higher Quality Documents
If you’ve done any sort of print or graphic design, you probably know that the higher resolution an image, the better it will look in print. Which is why good graphic designers will try to use vector-based images and graphics whenever possible in their designs. And that’s why you’ll occasionally see fuzzy images and graphics in print documents, because somebody didn’t use a high enough resolution image.
So what is a vector image? Vector images take resolution issues out of the equation. To quote Wikipedia , “Vector graphics are computer graphics images that are defined in terms of points on a Cartesian plane, which are connected by lines and curves to form polygons and other shapes.” Basically, it’s a bunch of fancy math and formulas used to create the graphic. Vector graphics have the advantage over your standard raster or bitmap graphics (like JPG or PNG images) in that they be scaled larger or smaller to any resolution or size without losing quality. See this example of the difference below:
There are several image formats that can be potentially vector-based (I say potentially, as some of these can contain both vector and raster data): EPS , PS , PDF , AI , SVG and others. Office used to support the WMF and EMF formats, but that support (and that file format) went unsupported a while ago. Now Microsoft is (thankfully) heavily embracing the SVG format, which is an open and very compatible format. The collection of icons in MS Word and many of the images in the new premium content library are all SVG based and other SVG-based shapes in Office can be edited using the built-in tools (Office Watch looks at this further with some simple examples ).
The one major issue was that if you copied a SVG-based graphic or image from Office and tried to paste it elsewhere, it would paste as a just a standard raster graphic – which loses all the advantages of having a vector-based graphic. Microsoft is working to better support the format and is now copying the file in its native format for use in other programs.
Inserting a vector image into a Word document is the same as inserting any graphic: Head up to the “Insert” menu and select “Pictures” and browse to your SVG file. If you need your logo in an SVG format, ask your designer for a copy (Adobe Illustrator can export vector PDFs and Illustrator files to SVG fairly easily and your designer probably has a copy of that sitting around if you don’t).
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Insert a scalable vector graphics (SVG) in Word 2019
by Jules · Published May 24, 2021 · Updated January 9, 2023
The advantage of a scalable vector graphics over bitmap images (JPG, PNG, GIF, etc.), is that they can be resized and still look sharp. An added advantage is that they require less storage space. So the Word document with SVG graphics embedded will also be smaller.
Word 2019 (and Office 365) allow for direct importing of SVG files, so you can import files directly without using an intermediate graphics format. Importing SVG files from Inkscape for example does not require you to export to EMF (Windows Enhanced Metafile) anymore before loading the image in Word.
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Insert SVG as Picture in Word
Learn how to insert a scalable vector graphics in Microsoft Word 2019 with these steps:
- In the drop-down menu, select This Device… This allows you to browse to the SVG file on your computer.
Note : You can use this same method to insert SVG files into other Office 2019 applications (e.g. Excel, PowerPoint).
After inserting the SVG into Word, you can use the Format options to change some of the display and rendering options. To actually change the SVG itself, you need an editor for scalable vector graphics, like Adobe Illustrator, or Inkscape .
Copy & Paste SVG in Word
In addition to the method described above to insert an SVG in Word, it is also possible to use the Windows copy + paste function to insert an SVG image into Word. For this to work, you do need to have an SVG viewer installed that allows you to copy the SVG image to the clipboard. By default, Windows will use a browser to view SVG files. This will not support a simple copy + paste operation. Neither Edge, Chrome, nor Firefox allows you to copy + paste an opened SVG file.
In Internet Explorer (IE) it is still possible, simply open the SVG file by right-clicking the file and then use the Open with option to select Internet Explorer .
Once the SVG file is loaded in IE and displayed in the browser window, you can right-click the image, and select the Copy option in the popup menu.
Now, you can switch to MS Word and paste the SVG into the document.
As an example, I also used some of my favorite image programs, Irfanview , and GIMP , to load and view an SVG file. Once loaded, I can select the image and copy it. Switch to MS Word, select the location for the SVG image, and paste it ( Ctrl + V ).
As is visible from the examples below, this can have some side effects. Irfanview loads and dsiplays the SVG with a different rendering than the original. The copy + paste result from Irfanview is exactly what we see in Irfanview itself (which is not correct).
You can see that the horizontal lines do not belong in the image, and the beak and eyes are also different.
If we try the same with GIMP, the result is better.
In short, the option to use copy + paste to insert an SVG in Word will work, but it is important to use an SVG viewer that properly supports and renders the SVG image. In the example IE, Irfanview and GIMP were used, but there are other solutions to do this as well.
Solve SVG import problems in Word
The problem with the SVG format is that they are not all created the same. So, importing an SVG file into MS Word might not always give you the desired result. We have seen examples in the earlier sections. But if there is really no way to get the SVG image looking like the original in MS Word 2019, there are a few other things you can try.
- Use an alternative intermediate format. In the example of Inkscape, we already mentioned the Windows Enhanced Metafile format. Exporting your SVG file into another vector file format allows the drawing to the edited in Word after importing the image. Other examples of such formats are Adobe Illustrator (. ai ) and Encapsulated PostScript ( EPS ). These are all vector formats that keep the original quality of the graphic.
- Open and save the SVG file in another editor. If the origin of your SVG is unknown, you can try opening the SVG file in a graphic editor that supports SVG, check it, and then save it as a copy. Try importing the copy into MS Word.
- Export the graphics to a bitmap file format (also referred to as a pixel or raster format). This will ensure that the graphic is captured and imported exactly as shown. The drawback, in this case, is that it does not scale and is not editable anymore.
What is SVG?
SVG stands for scalable vector graphics. It is a file format that is based on XML and is used for online graphics. The SVG specification is maintained by the W3C .
Can Word read SVG files?
No, Microsoft Word does not recognize the SVG file extension. Word cannot open an SVG file directly to show its contents.
Can Word save SVG files?
No, Word does not have an export filter for SVG. Since it is a graphics file format, a graphics program is needed to create SVG files.
What can open an SVG?
The SVG file format is a vector format. To open an SVG file, a graphics program with support for SVG is required. Adobe Illustrator and a few other Adobe graphics programs can open SVG files. Other options are CorrelDRAW and InkScape .
What is SVG used for?
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) files are used for two dimensional images online. Since it is a descriptive format rather than a binary format, it is well suited for lossless compression.
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Importing an EPS vector file to Microsoft Word without losing quality
If I import an .eps picture to Microsoft Word as normal, the quality of the vector picture comes down (the image gets rasterised.
In this case, the EPS was produced with the pgfplot package and tikzpicture , But it would be great to have a general way of importing PDFs, PSs or EPSs into Word.
So, how can I import .eps / .pdf / .ps to MS Word without losing quality?
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- It might just be the screen rendering that produces of lower quality. Try exporting to PDF (or even printing if you want to waste paper) and look at and zoom in on the figure to see if the resolution really has been reduced. Perhaps try to even just zoom in the document itself, but if it still looks bad, this won't rule out screen rendering bugs/features in Word. – Daniel Andersson May 19, 2012 at 15:05
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Convert the .eps file to .emf (Enhanced MetaFile, a spool file format used in printing by Microsoft software). There are several ways to do this conversion; for example by using the following webservice: https://cloudconvert.com/eps-to-emf
In my experience, .emf files are the only way to reliably embed vector graphics in several Word versions on Mac and Windows.
- That works, and eps support indeed doesn't (it's linearized). – John Feb 21, 2016 at 15:15
- 4 For any future readers: MS has dropped support for .eps in Office entirely. support.office.com/en-us/article/… – thymaro Feb 27, 2020 at 13:27
If you simply insert the .eps file in word as an image it will look bad in Word, but when you print it to paper it will utilize the vector graphics and it looks fine.
- It looks fine, but it really is linearized, meaning it introduces edges if you look closely. – John Feb 21, 2016 at 15:16
Don't open or import directly. If it's Word 2013 (v15), under the tab of "Insert", click "Pictures" icon and browse to your eps file. If the eps files was originally created in vector, it won't be rasterised.
- 1 Won't be rasterized, but linearized - meaning you can make out edges there weren't there in the original. – John Feb 21, 2016 at 15:13
You can import eps file to open office. Then save open office file as .doc file. Now open .doc file in word. Copy the figure and paste it where ever you want in the another word file.
- you right. but when do this work, The quality of figure comes down. – sayros May 18, 2012 at 4:44
- If it posible I sent my eps file to your email and check it.my be my Microsft word has problem. this is my email [email protected] thanks. – sayros May 18, 2012 at 4:47
- Can you use open office in linux. Then quality will not come down. – sandu May 18, 2012 at 4:56
- I work with Microsoft windows 7. – sayros May 18, 2012 at 5:09
It goes without saying that you should get your image into the state that you want to import before you import it. So, if the image has excessive white space surrounding the picture area, you might want to crop the pdf/eps/whatever — perhaps using a simple command line tool like pdfcrop — but of course that’s optional, and outside of the scope of this question.
- Import it into Inkscape, using the poppler library option.
- Save as an Enhanced Metafile (EMF) .
- Import the EMF file into Microsoft Word.
emf is a vector format that Word can handle, so it does not pixelate, and so it does retain quality, unless the original image has qualities that emf cannot reproduce because of its limitations. Keep in mind that emf cannot cope with some shapes, gradients and fonts that eps/pdf/whatever can cope with. Even if this works and you maintain the vector-ness of the image, something may be lost due to the lousy format of emf.
- (1) The question is not “What neat things can I do with an EPS file?”; it is “How can I import an EPS file into Microsoft Word without losing quality?” Do you have an answer to that question? (2) The OP is concerned about losing data fidelity. Why do you believe that it’s appropriate to suggest cropping? – Scott - Слава Україні Nov 2, 2018 at 5:37
- With respect, there is no need to be rude. Also, I did give an answer to that question; emf is a vector format that Word can handle, so it does not pixelate so does retain quality, unless the original image has qualities that emf cannot reproduce because of its limitations. I often use this route as an opportunity to crop out white space to maximise the picture area, but of course that's optional. Inkscape is very handy. – user959824 Nov 9, 2018 at 7:06
- (1) I pointed out that your “answer” seemed not to answer the question, if only because it left out parts that you thought were obvious. But, if the person asking the question knew everything that you know, they wouldn’t need to ask the question — so please don’t omit key details. If you are offended by that, I suggest that you post complete answers on the Stack Exchange network (of which Super User is a part) — or none at all. … (Cont’d) – Scott - Слава Україні Nov 10, 2018 at 0:23
- (Cont’d) … (2) I can understand the desire to post an abbreviated hint that points in the direction of a solution, if you’re in a hurry. But, if that was your situation, why did you type the largely irrelevant paragraph about cropping? And, if you had the time to compose a comment accusing me of rudeness, you had time to edit your answer. (3) I have edited your answer based on your comment (and guessing at the bits that you declined to state, even in your comment). … (Cont’d) – Scott - Слава Україні Nov 10, 2018 at 0:23
- 1 Well, I think we can see the internet at work nicely here. Between we have come up with a nice answer. By the way, I'm not an experienced poster to this forum, I just wanted to help someone out, and if I did not do it up to your standards I apologise. Clearly this is a forum for the 'in' crowd, and I'll be sure not to contribute any more. Well done. – user959824 Nov 10, 2018 at 22:40
I would not depend on Word to manage the quality of the image. Use the right tool for the job. I would export the image from an illustration program in the desired size as a GIF or PNG file and put that into Word. Then you avoid Word extrapolation, scaling, and proportion issues. Much the same with bitmap images like photos. If you size the image inside Word you reduce quality and increase file size.
OpenOffice has a Windows version as well and it'd free. Both it and Word are word processing programs, not image editing tools.
- 7 Rasterization means losing quality, which is not what the user asked about. – einpoklum Jan 9, 2015 at 15:06
- I also find that even at 300DPI Word still buggers up the quality of bitmap files. – Jonny Jan 27, 2016 at 8:23
- This is a pretty poor option when the output is not print, i.e. it is provided as a PDF – Hugoagogo Apr 25, 2017 at 8:22
As noted above, when printing everything will be converted to vector form this raster picture is only for fast scrolling. You can try to click on the image and right-click to edit the image and word will convert the image from *.emf the word clip art. (But things can go wrong :( From my experience the only vector format that Word supports is the *.emf. I use Inkscape to convert SVG,Dxf,PDF,PS to EMF
- 4 This duplicates another answer and adds no new content. Please don't post an answer unless you actually have something new to contribute. – DavidPostill ♦ Apr 18, 2016 at 11:01
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MS Word: Preserving vector graphics (SVG) when saving document as PDF [closed]
Microsoft recently added SVG support to Word 2016. But when trying to save a document containing a SVG vector graphic as PDF the graphic will be converted to a raster image.
I tried to change the Image Size and Quality Options (-> "do not compress images in file" and "high fidelity") but this had no effect whats-o-ever. My second approach was to use the "Microsoft Print to PDF"-printer but this didn't preserve the graphics either.
Is there a way to preserve the scalability of my graphics when saving to document as pdf? Is there somewhere an option in the settings that I haven't discovered yet?
If this is only a SVG issue: Which other vector graphics format will work better?
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- FWIW, newer versions of Word (2019+) seem to do a good job of preserving SVG in PDF files. – bfris Apr 21, 2021 at 16:09
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In response to your final question:
"If this is only a SVG issue: Which other vector graphics format will work better?"
For years the only vector format that Word supported was Microsoft's proprietary .emf file format. If you encounter further issues, you can always try converting your .svg to .emf. Inkscape can export as .emf, and in my experience it's a much more accurate conversion than Adobe Illustrator.
Incidentally, the workaround that Andrew posted above works by converting your clipboard data into an .emf file. However there are a few times when exporting from Inkscape directly would be preferable, for instance when you want to preserve a buffer of blank space around your graphic (using the clipboard will not select blank space).
Microsoft seems to have improved SVG support in Word. SVG vector graphics are now perfectly preserved when saving the document as PDF.
(I'm using Office version 1806)
- 3 Some SVGs generated by matplotlib (python) are still not saved as SVG (saved as images) – Lilo Sep 4, 2018 at 19:53
I have Adobe Acrobat X Pro 10.1.16.13 installed, which gives me a Save as PDF file option in Word 2016 that does put the SVG graphic into the PDF file as a vector graphic.
I user Insert|Picture to get the SVG graphic files into word.
A 70K SVG file, for example, slows down the editing in Word significantly, so I put placeholder JPG or PNG graphics in the Word file until the final draft, then I replace them with SVG files as the last step before saving as PDF.
Ran into this issue today also. SVG seems to be broken in Word. One way I have found to preserve the scalability of graphics in PDF output from Word is:
- Open the SVG in Inkscape
- Select all and Copy to Clipboard
- Using Paste Special in Word (Alt+E,S) paste it into the document as a "Picture (Enhanced Metafile)"
I believe this also works in previous versions of Word at least as far back as 2013 and 2010.
- Thanks for this workaround! It does work with Adobe Illustrator as well. Still, the paths of the vector graphics in the resulting PDF are slightly distorted and not exactly at their original position. The shortcut for Special Paste should be Ctrl+Alt+V – Peter May 21, 2017 at 13:32
- I confirm it works in 2010, make sure to copy as enhanced metafile else you can get strange results (some text disappear in my case) – wotter Mar 30, 2018 at 16:24
- I can confirm @Peter's response that SVG support has much improved. I'm currently using Version 1902. – Jason Morse Aug 2, 2019 at 4:33
I just solved the problem by doing export directly from OneDrive online. Probably it happens because online word version is html-based and it has better treatment for svg.
I solved this yesterday and hope the answer works for you.
The graphic was cropped at first in your Word (my version is 2019)? In my case, if I insert the SVG graphics without cropping, the SVG graphic works well in PDF. While if the SVG graphic was cropped before converting to the PDF, it will collapse. It has nothing to do with the resolution.
Besides, my SVG graphics were generated by Python. If you need to crop the images to adjust the size, "Inksacpe" software is a good choice.
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Inserting vector graphics in Office documents
Sometimes I have the misfortune of having to write conference papers in Microsoft Word, instead of a more civilised environment like LaTeX. Usefully, Word will refuse to import any kind of vector image format except for their own proprietary and crippled format, WMF/EMF. So, when it comes to diagrams, most people tend to throw their arms up and resort to bitmap formats like PNG. This, however, makes for large file sizes, or fuzzy printouts, so it’s a sub-optimal solution.
Although there are plenty of hoops to jump through, it is however possible to generate reasonable EMF files from other vector formats, which Word will accept. There are a large number of pitfalls, not least because of poor standards-adhesion when it comes to rendering of said formats. Mac OS X’s PDF renderer is no exception, unfortunately, so frequently one will have to resort to various bizarre conversion pipelines to have something readable at the other end.
That said, sometimes it works.
So, this is the procedure I’ve been following, to generate EMF figures from artwork created in a variety of applications, including XFig (which I personally don’t use, but my PhD supervisor Carlo enjoys), Inkscape, and OmniGraffle.
- This can be accomplished via Fink , for example, or DarwinPorts .
- Make sure the installed version supports EMF output – in Terminal, pstoedit -help | grep emf . If it doesn’t, you’ll need to find an other version elsewhere.
- If your diagram isn’t already in PDF or EPS format already, export it to one or the other.
- pstoedit -f emf diagram.pdf/eps output .emf
- pstoedit -f emf -pta diagram.pdf/eps output .emf (Place letters individually, if text looks odd)
- pstoedit -f "emf:-m" diagram.pdf/eps output .emf (Use Arial as font, if font looks wrong)
- pstoedit -f emf -drawbb diagram.pdf/eps output .emf (Force drawing of bounding box – try this if you get cropping)
- pstoedit -f emf -xscale 2 -yscale 2 diagram.pdf/eps output .emf (Scale up – use this if lines look blocky; experiment with larger values than 2)
- pstoedit -f "emf:-m" -pta -drawbb diagram.pdf/eps output .emf (A combination of some of above)
- If your EMF version looks wrong, try exporting to EPS if you were using PDF, or PDF if you were using EPS – different renderers perform differently. Try above steps again on this new exported version.
- For a while, I was using Inkscape for this purpose, but I was still getting funny output sometimes.
- I discovered a native OS X application called Intaglio , which seems to produce very good PDF output (not so much with EPS).
- Inkscape will basically only take SVG, from what I can remember. You can try converting the PDF/EPS to SVG using pstoedit again: pstoedit -f svg diagram.pdf/eps output .svg
- Intaglio will happily take PDF and let you convert it to an editable format, which will work some of the time, with a reasonably well-behaved PDF. Drag the PDF onto the canvas, select it, then use Object, Convert, PDF for Editing .
- Fix any visual problems caused by the import, using the application’s editing tools.
- Intaglio seems to work best with PDF: Select the figure, then File, Save Selection As , select PDF and Crop to Content Size.
- Once you’ve exported PDF/EPS, repeat step 4 to try to generate reasonable output.
The whole process is undoubtedly an ordeal, and requires serious dedication, but it would appear to be required if you want to generate vector graphics in a Word document. Lets hope the geniuses at Microsoft remember to add a PDF/etc importer into their next Office.
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I was looking for this, and found this page, plus the easier way to do it:
http://www.pstoedit.net/pstoedit/
provides an installer for a Word plugin that lets you import PostScript pictures directly into Word.
Yes, that’s the pstoedit tool – and it works very well, but only if the original PDF/EPS is well formed. Unfortunately, many tools generate PDF that pstoedit struggles on (OS X’s PDF generator included) – hence my usage of Intaglio to generate better-formed PDF, when I then pass to pstoedit.
The Word plugin simply runs the conversion to EMF step internally, and does the same thing as on the command line – one still needs PDF/EPS that it can parse correctly, alas.
Great howto, thanks. BTW, if you are struggling with ill-formed PS, pstops will often help to clean it up.
I have found that if you are having rendering issues due to MS not translating the vector well, enlarge your vector image artboard (sorry Illustrator Jargon) to 10 times what you need. Then save as emf. The result will generate much cleaner vectors at smaller sizes.
Oops, I forgot….
Increase your art by ten times too!!
It seems to me that Adobe Acrobat has added an Insert Object – Adobe PDF to my Word 2003. And it actually works, for the most part.
Problem is with printing / saving that Word .doc to PDF format again. The vector graphic from the inserted PDF object is then transformed into low resolution pixel image.
About the PSToEdit tool, I read there’s a plugin for Better EMF, is this worth buying?
So, I am running a very old version of .ai (illustrator 8.0, circa 1998 believe it or not) and MS Professional Plus 2010. Windows XP v5.1 Dell platform. The reasons why I am running such an old vsn of .ai are too long to get into here…. I am getting complaints about the same thing….poor JPGs in MS word , then output to PDF. The ending results are crap. Why can’t I use a vector format he says? Well, they still are not compatible.
The solutions here are complicated (to me) and seem to be for a UNIX or mac platform.
Can you suggest other ideas?
Actually, a trial we did seems to have worked…..
.ai file => .eps, then inserted to MS Word. Looks lousy on screen, prints beautifully. Even as a PDF.
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How to create vectors in Word
Create a vector with an arrow above
Word offers different ways how to create a vector in the document:
I. Using the Equation:
This way is perfect if you do not need to care about the format and compatibility with previous versions of Microsoft Office (a recommended approach for physical science and mathematics that require a lot of math in the text with consistent fonts for all equations and symbols):
1. In the paragraph where you want to insert the vector , then click Alt+= to insert the equitation block:
2. In the equitation block, type the vector magnitude and select it. It can be one letter, several letters, or even an expression.
3. On the Equation tab, in the Structures group, click the Accent button:
In the Accent list, choose Bar or Rightwards Arrow Above :
II. Using AutoCorrect for Math:
When you work with many documents and often need to paste a single special symbol, you do not need to insert an equation each time. Microsoft Word offers a helpful feature named AutoCorrect . The AutoCorrect options in Microsoft Word propose two different ways to add any special character quickly, or even large pieces of text :
- Using the Replace text as you type function of the AutoCorrect options .
- Using the Math AutoCorrect options:
Using this method, you can benefit from the Math AutoCorrect options without inserting an equation. To turn on or turn off the AutoCorrect of the Math symbols, do the following:
1. On the File tab, click Options :
2. In the Word Options dialog box, on the Proofing tab, click the AutoCorrect Options... button:
3. In the AutoCorrect dialog box, on the Math AutoCorrect tab, select the Use Math AutoCorrect rules outside of the math regions option:
After clicking OK , you can use any of the listed Names of symbols , and Microsoft Word will replace them with the appropriate symbols:
Note : If you do not need the last replacement, click Ctrl+Z to cancel it.
III. Using a Symbol dialog box:
Microsoft Word offers a convenient ability to combine two characters (see Superimposing characters ). To add some element to a symbol, such as a bar , apostrophe , etc., enter a symbol and immediately insert a vector mark from the Combining Diacritical Marks for Symbols subset of any font (if it exists).
To combine an element with the entered symbol, open the Symbol dialog box:
On the Insert tab, in the Symbols group, select the Symbol button, and then click More Symbols... :
On the Symbol dialog box:
- In the Font list, select the Segoe IU Symbol font,
- Optionally, to find symbols faster, in the Subset list, select the Combining Diacritical Marks for Symbols subset,
- Click the Insert button to insert the symbol,
- Click the OK button to close the Symbol dialog box.
Create a vector with a tilde under the letter
As for regular vector sign, word offers several ways how to create a vector with a tilde underneath a letter:
2. In the equitation block, type one by one:
- the vector variable, for example, the letter a ,
After pressing a space bar, Word displays the letter with the tilde under it:
II. Using a Symbol dialog box:
To combine an element with the entered symbol (for example, the letter a ), open the Symbol dialog box:
1. On the Insert tab, in the Symbols group, select the Symbol button, and then click More Symbols... .
2. On the Symbol dialog box:
- In the Font list, select the Cambria Math or Lucinda Sans Unicode font,
- Optionally, to find symbols faster, in the Subset list, select the Combining Diacritical Marks subset,
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