why is there no option to type a "cent sign" on the keyboard?

[malsmom2004]

I'm not even having much luck finding this symbol in the CHARACTER MAP of
most of my fonts. Has this symbol fallen out of fashion? I don't always
want to use "$.0"
Thanks for any input

 

[Greg Maxey]

Press CTRL and the "/" key then c.

You can also use ALT+0162 on the numeric keypad.

 

[Bill Foley]

Using your NUMLOCK numbers, press and hold the ALT key and type 0162 and
release.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

This is one of many "special characters" for which Word has built-in
shortcuts (this one is Ctrl+/, c). See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/InsertSpecChars.htm