Type the Beta – lower case β into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac.
Beta – lower case β symbol is the 2nd letter of the Greek Alphabet. Within finance, it is used as a measure of investment portfolio risk. Within statistics, it may represent a regression slope or a non-rejection of a false null hypothesis. It has even been used to name tropical cyclones, such as Hurricane Beta in 2005 and Tropical Storm Beta in 2020.
How Beta – lower case β looks in different fonts.
Here’s some examples of how Beta – lower case β looks in common Office fonts.
Beta – lower case β codes
These are the important code numbers or values you’ll need to enter the Beta – lower case or β
Decimal: 946 Hex: 03b2
Web: β or β
(web codes aren’t used in Microsoft Office, we’ve included them for the sake of completeness.)
Word and Outlook
The Beta – lower case β sign does NOT have an inbuilt shortcut in Word.
Use the standard Word Alt + X symbol shortcut 3b2 + 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 Beta – lower case symbol.
Windows
In Windows there are several shortcuts to enter the Beta – lower case β character into any program, but they use a numeric keypad, not the number row above the letters.
Alt + 946
Windows Character Map
The Windows Character Map accessory in all Windows releases
Character Map has a search feature, something missing from the Insert | Symbol in Office.
Window 11/10 Emoji Panel
The Windows 10 Emoji Panel has the Beta – lower case β symbol. 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 Xi letters, scroll down the list.
See Emoji Panel is part of Windows 11/10 that totally sucks
MacOS and Office for Mac inserting characters
On a Mac, to enter the Beta – lower case β symbol:
- Command + Control + Spacebar shortcut to open the Character Viewer.
- Search for “Beta “ and the Viewer should find the symbol you need.
Despite the name Character Viewer, the Apple system tool will also insert characters into any program, including Office for Mac.
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