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On most English language keyboards, the absolute value symbol can be created by using the vertical slash symbol "|" - which you get by holding down the shift key and pressing the key that would otherwise get you the backslash symbol "". On most keyboards it's right above the ENTER key. You have to use the symbol twice, just like you would with brackets and parentheses.

|x| = absolute value of x.

Alternatively you can insert an equation by going to the "insert" tab, selecting "object" from the text section, then selecting Microsoft Equation from the dropdown menu and clicking OK. Once you are in the Equation editor, you can select the absolute value symbol from the "fence templates" located in the lower left corner of the dropdown menu in the current version of Word.

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