how do I get the chi-square symbol in Word

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I can't find the chi square symbol in any of Word's characters. Does it
exist, can anyone tell me?
 
Gary said:
I can't find the chi square symbol in any of Word's characters. Does
it exist, can anyone tell me?
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The lower case Greek letter chi is available in many common fonts. In the
Insert > Symbol dialog, set the font to "normal text", the "From" dropdown
in the lower right to Unicode, and the "Subset" dropdown in the upper right
to Basic Greek; then locate the chi between phi and psi. In recent versions
of Word, instead of using the dialog, you can type the number 03c7 in the
document and press Alt+X to insert the chi.

The "square" part is a superscript 2. You can type the number 2, select it,
and press Ctrl+Shift+= to make it superscript.

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You can make it easily and then store it as a little Word file. It works like
this:
1. Open a new Word doc
2. Click on Insert top line and then on Symbol
3. Find the font called Symbol by looking in the drop-down box, and search
for Chi.
4. Insert Chi.
5. Then type 2 after it and highlight just the 2.
6. Go to Format top line and Font and click on Superscript.
7. You now have Chi-square and you can save that for use by Copy-Paste
whenever you need it.
 
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