Create+One+Click+Icons+to+Insert+Symbols+in+2010

If you repeatedly need to use a particular symbol, such as the pound (£) sign or a foreign-language character, you can add it to the ribbon or to the Quick Access Toolbar (which appears in the upper left corner of Word, with such icons as a disk for Save and an arrow for Undo).
 * Create One Click Icons to Insert Symbols in 2010 **

This step is a somewhat advanced move that requires you to record a macro.

First, open the Developer tab from the ribbon toolbar, and click Record Macro. Type a name, such as PoundsSymbol, and select that name to store it in All Documents (normal.dot). Click the Button option.

Locate the Normal.NewMacros.PoundsSymbol (or your macro name) in the panel on the left, and click Add.

To choose an image for your symbol, click Modify and then OK.

Because Word records what you are doing, choose Insert, Symbol, and then locate and insert the symbol you desire, in our example it is the Pounds symbol. Click Insert and then Close. From the Developer tab on the ribbon, select Stop Recording.

In the future, to add this symbol to your document, simply click the new button on the Quick Access Toolbar.