Two methods come to mind. (1) Go to the Insert tab and click on “Symbol”. If the symbol you want is there, just click on it, and it will be inserted into the document. If not, click “More Symbols”, and you can find more symbols, and you can also define Shortcut Keys for that symbol, as in your Shift+s example. Or, what I like to do, is define an Autocorrect for that symbol. For example, I have defined “chm” to insert a check mark in my document. I used chm because I never expect to actually need that sequence of letters in any document, so I instruct Word to “autocorrect” chm into a check mark. (2) You can record a macro. A macro is a sequence of recorded keystrokes saved and given a name. Then you can associated the macro name to Shortcut keys, or even a button that you can place on the quick access toolbar. You can then invoke the macro by typing the shortcut or clicking the button. Read more about macros in the Help files.