To easily find the Symbol on the Character Map, type ‘ Minus’ in the ‘search for ‘ box and press enter. The Symbol will appear for you to copy. Simply double−click on this Symbol to select it in the Characters to copy box. Then, to copy it to your clipboard, click the Copy button.

Copy the Minus Sign in the above table (it can be automatically copied with a mouse click) and paste it in word, Or Select the Insert tab. Select Symbol and then More Symbols. Select the Minus Sign tab in the Symbol window.

How To Insert the − Symbol (Method 1) Copy and paste the symbol. The easiest way to get the − symbol is to copy and paste it into your document. Bear in mind that this is a UTF-8 encoded character. It must be encoded as UTF-8 at all stages (copying, replacing, editing, pasting), otherwise it will render as random characters or the dreaded �.