How to Insert a Copyright or Trademark Symbol in Word (4 Ways with Shortcuts)

Insert or Type a Copyright (©), Trademark (™) or Registered Trademark (®) Symbol in a Word Document

by Avantix Learning Team | Updated October 24, 2024

Applies to: Microsoft^® Word^® 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021 or 365 (Windows)

You can insert or type the copyright (©), trademark (™) or registered trademark (®) symbol in a Microsoft Word document using the Insert Symbol command or by using keyboard shortcuts. In this article, we'll review 4 ways to insert these symbols in Word.

Contents

The following are 4 ways to insert the copyright, trademark or registered trademark symbol in Word:

1. Use Insert Symbol
2. Use keyboard shortcuts
3. Use AutoCorrect shortcuts
4. Copy and paste

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1. Use Insert Symbol to insert a copyright, trademark or registered trademark symbol

You can use the Insert Symbol command to insert special characters in Word documents.

To insert a copyright, trademark or registered trademark symbol using Insert Symbol:

1. Click where you want to insert the symbol.
2. Click the Insert tab in the Ribbon.
3. In the Symbols group, click Symbol. A drop-down menu appears.
4. Click More Symbols. A dialog box appears. In Word, there are two tabs at the top of the dialog box.
5. Click the Special Characters tab.
6. Click the special character you would like to insert.
7. Click Insert.
8. Click Close.

Recent symbols appear in the drop-down menu when you click Symbol. If the symbol you want appears in this drop-down list, you can simply click it.

Below is the Insert Symbol dialog box in Word with the Special Characters tab selected:

You can insert many other special characters using Insert Symbol including accents and Wingdings characters.

2. Use keyboard shortcuts to insert a copyright, trademark or registered trademark symbol

You can also insert or type symbols using Ctrl or Alt code keyboard shortcuts.

To insert the copyright symbol using a Ctrl keyboard shortcut (available in some versions of Word):

1. Position the cursor in the document where you want to insert the registered trademark symbol.
2. Press Ctrl + Alt + C.

To insert or type the copyright symbol using an Alt code keyboard shortcut:

• Press and hold Alt + 0169 on the numeric keypad.

If this doesn't work, you may need to press Numlock on the numeric keypad.

To insert the registered trademark symbol using a Ctrl keyboard shortcut:

1. Position the cursor in the document where you want to insert the registered trademark symbol.
2. Press Ctrl + Alt + R.

To insert the trademark symbol using a Ctrl keyboard shortcut:

1. Position the cursor in the document where you want to insert the registered trademark symbol.
2. Press Ctrl + Alt + T.

3. Use AutoCorrect shortcuts to insert a copyright, trademark or registered trademark symbol

Another alternative is to use AutoCorrect keyboard shortcuts to insert symbols. In this case, you would type a series of characters to insert symbols.

To insert the copyright symbol using an AutoCorrect shortcut:

1. Position the cursor in the document where you want to insert the copyright symbol.
2. Type (C) and press the Spacebar.

To insert the trademark symbol using an AutoCorrect shortcut:

1. Position the cursor in the document where you want to insert the trademark symbol.
2. Type (TM) and press the Spacebar.

To insert the registered trademark symbol using an AutoCorrect shortcut:

1. Position the cursor in the document where you want to insert the registered trademark symbol.
2. Type (R) and press the Spacebar.

You must type the brackets and the letters can be entered in upper or lower case.

AutoCorrect is a proofing tool that also controls the capitalization of the first letter of a sentence as well as other defaults in Word documents.

4. Copy and paste to insert a copyright, trademark or registered trademark symbol

To copy and paste the symbol you want into a Word document:

1. Select the copyright symbol (©), trademark symbol (™) or registered trademark symbol (®) in this article or in another document or web page.
2. Press Ctrl + C to copy it.
3. Open the Word document and position the cursor where you want to insert the symbol.
4. Press Ctrl + V to paste the symbol.

Final thoughts

If you are not typing symbols often, the Insert Symbol method is simple and you won't need to remember any shortcuts.

If you want to superscript the symbol, check out the article How to Superscript or Subscript in Word.

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