Typing Tau Lower Case τ Symbol In Word And Office

Annabelle AlmerLast updated: 17 August 2021

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Type the Tau – lower case τ letter into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac.

Tau (lowercase τ) is the 19^th letter of the Greek alphabet. The lowercase letter is used in Biology, Mathematics and Physics, such as proper time in relativity. In ancient times it was also used as a symbol to represent life or resurrection.

How Tau – lower case τ looks in different fonts.

Here’s some examples of how Tau – lower case τ looks in common Office fonts.

Tau – lower case τ codes

These are the important code numbers or values you’ll need to enter the Tau – lower case or τ

Decimal: 964 Hex: 3c4

Web: τ or τ

(web codes aren’t used in Microsoft Office, we’ve included them for the sake of completeness.)

Word and Outlook

The Tau – lower case τ sign does NOT have an inbuilt shortcut in Word.

Use the standard Word Alt + X symbol shortcut 3c4 + Alt + X

Once in a document you can copy it to AutoCorrect and make your own shortcut.

Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

Insert | Symbols | Symbol and look for the Tau – lower case symbol.

Windows

In Windows there are several shortcuts to enter the Tau – lower case τ character into any program, but they use a numeric keypad, not the number row above the letters.

Alt + 964

Window 10 Emoji Panel

The Windows 10 Emoji Panel has the Tau – lower case τ character. Use Win + . (period/fullstop) to open the panel.

Choose the Symbols tab (the third of the top row icons), then the Language Symbols section which is marked by the capital Ω … handy that. To find the Tau letters, look at the fourth row.