# How to quickly insert Greek symbols into your slide

PowerPoint
When you create a presentation, you might need to insert Greek symbols into the slide. This tip demonstrates how to insert Greek symbols using the equation block.

Inserting the equation block and using an auto-replace feature for Greek symbols is the fastest and the simplest way to insert Greek symbols.

1.    Do one of the following:

• On the Insert tab, in the Symbols group, click the Equation button:
• In the slide where you want to insert the symbol, click Alt+= to insert equitation:

2.    In the equitation block without any additional efforts, you can enter any symbol that you need just by typing \+Name of the symbol:

 \alpha \kappa \varrho \beta \lambda \sigma \chi \mu \varsigma \delta \nu \tau \epsilon \o \upsilon \varepsilon \pi \omega \phi \varpi \xi \varphi \theta \psi \gamma \vartheta \zeta \eta \iota \rho

To insert a capital letter of the Greek alphabet, simply enter \+Name of the symbol starting with a capital letter:

 \Delta \Phi \Gamma \Lambda \Mu \Pi \Theta \Sigma \Upsilon \Omega \Hi \Psi

How to insert other symbols and templates in an equation, see How to insert the mathematical and other symbols into the PowerPoint slide.

3.    After entering the symbol, click the space; it changed entering the name to the appropriate symbol.

4.    Click Alt+= again to exit from the equitation.

Now you can continue entering your text.

Note: you can see all of Name of the symbol that you can use in the Autocorrect Options. To open them, do the following:

1.    On the File menu, click the Options button:

2.    In the PowerPoint Options dialog box, on the Proofing tab, click the AutoCorrect Options... button:

3.    In the AutoCorrect dialog box, choose the Math AutoCorrect tab:

On the Math AutoCorrect tab, you can see all Names of symbols that can be used for inserting the Greek symbols.

Note: AutoCorrect options work through all Microsoft Office products on this PC, laptop, etc. If you change some of them in PowerPoint, you will see all changes also in Word, Outlook, and Excel.

See also this tip in French: Comment insérer rapidement des symboles grecs dans votre diapositive PowerPoint.

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