# How can I write math symbols or Greek letters in Gmail?

How can I write math symbols or Greek letters in Gmail?

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There is no one unique way to do this... but I can share what I do, personally.

• Use MathJax on any site. Mathematics SE for example. Now go to any question, and type a Greek letter using MathJax. For example, $\alpha$. In the preview, you see the rendered version of alpha. You can copy it and paste. Here's the alpha I copied: α. Note: don't post that answer. Just quit the window.

• *NIX USERS: if you have a good memory power, then memorize the unicodes of all the Greek letter. Now press Ctrl + Shift + u which brings you an underlined "u". Type the unicode and then press space. Tada! For example, I typed this using unicode: β.

• WINDOWS USERS: there's an alt code for everything (almost). Just press alt + the given alt code. Find the list of alt codes here.

• MAC USERS: find the guide here.

Most ways of inputting these characters can be found on Wikipedia Unicode Input page.

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You can use Alt Codes or just this keyboard to write math symbols and greek letters

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How does this answer the question? –  Vidar S. Ramdal Nov 29 '12 at 11:25

GmailTeX does exactly what you want.

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While this link may answer the question, it is better to include the essential parts of the answer here and provide the link for reference. Link-only answers can become invalid if the linked page changes. –  Dez Oct 19 '12 at 4:31

Save time, here is a quick search list for Greek and mathematical symbols for MS Word. Copy and paste the symbols to your document. Open the Word document here:

http://www.avdweb.nl/miscellaneous/ms-word-symbols-list.html

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Assuming you're using Windows, there is the Character Map utility which should give you virtually any symbol or letter in any alphabet you want.

I don't know what they are, but I expect Mac and Linux have similar utilities.

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