How to Use the Indian Rupee Symbol in Microsoft Office?

How to Use the Indian Rupee Symbol in Microsoft Office?

Indian currency, Rupee gets a new symbol which is the combination of devanagri and roman scripts. This new symbol signifies the strength and ambition of our country. Now the problem occurs that how to use this new symbol in computer. Here in this article you will learn how to use new symbol of Indian currency rupee.


                                                        

Steps for using the new symbol of Indian Currency Rupee
Download the Indian Rupee Symbol Font from the below link.

  1. Now install the font. To install Copy the Font file to Control Panel-->Fonts Folder.
  2. Change the Font from the default Times New Roman, Arial, and Calibri to Rupees Foradian Font.
  3. Type the Rupees Symbol in Microsoft Word through the grave accent symbol “ ~ ” or “ ` ” which is the key just above "tab" button in your keyboard. 

In MS Office 2000/2003 
  • Select the symbol (i.e. just like you do while copy pasting anything)
  • Click on Tools-->option, then click on Auto correct.
  • In the Replace Text Box type in Rs.
  • Click on Add, then click on Ok
In MS Office 2007/2010



  • If you want to add a formatted text entry, open the document that contains the text that is formatted the way that you want and select the Rupee Symbol.
  • Click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click Word option.
  • Click Proofing.
  • Click Auto-correct option.
  • In the Replace Text Box type in Rs. (You may also need to change the formatting from "Plain Text" to "Formatted Text")
  • Click on Add then click on OK.

That's it now you can use the Indian Currency Rupee new symbol in your computer.