To help you find a symbol that you need from a collection of over 1000 symbols, Maple allows you to use your mouse to sketch the symbol in the handwriting palette palette as you would draw it on paper. The symbol recognizer searches through all of the symbols and offers you a choice of probable matches.
To insert the symbol, you can click or drag the button of the matching symbol into your document as you would use any other palette. You can also add that symbol to your Favorites palette for easy access in the future.
