Insert a symbol

By default, the Symbol dialog box shows emoji at first when it's opened. But you can expand it to see other character sets: Scroll to the top and click the toggle button in the right corner:

The Symbol dialog box shows emoji by default.

The expanded dialog box shows several character sets to choose from.

Newer versions Office 2011

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Which Office program are you using?

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Word

Do any of the following:

Insert symbol

1. On the Insert menu, click Advanced Symbol, and then click the Symbols tab.

2. Click the symbol that you want.

Insert special characters

1. On the Insert menu, click Advanced Symbol, and then click the Special Characters tab.

2. Click the character that you want.

See also

Add, edit, or turn off automatic corrections

My characters appear differently in earlier versions of Office

Excel

Insert a symbol

1. On the Insert menu, click Symbol.

2. Click the symbol that you want.

See also

Add, edit, or turn off automatic corrections

My characters appear differently in earlier versions of Office

PowerPoint

Insert a symbol

1. On the Insert menu, click Symbol.

2. Click the symbol that you want.

See also

Add, edit, or turn off automatic corrections

My characters appear differently in earlier versions of Office

Outlook

Insert a symbol

1. On the Edit menu, click Emoji & Symbols.

2. Click the symbol that you want.

See also

My characters appear differently in earlier versions of Office

Which Office program are you using?

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Word

Do any of the following:

Insert a symbol

1. Click where you want to insert a symbol.

2. On the Standard toolbar, click Show or hide the Media Browser  .

3. Click the Symbols tab  , and then click the symbol that you want to insert into the document.

Find more symbols to insert

If you do not find the symbol that you are looking for in the Symbol Browser, you can look in the Symbol dialog box.

1. On the Insert menu, point to Symbol, click Advanced Symbol, and then click the Symbols tab.

2. Click the symbol that you want.

Insert special characters

1. On the Insert menu, point to Symbol, click Advanced Symbol, and then click the Special Characters tab.

2. Click the character that you want.

See also

Add, edit, or turn off automatic corrections

My characters appear differently in earlier versions of Office

Excel

Do any of the following:

Insert a symbol

1. Click where you want to insert a symbol.

2. On the Standard toolbar, click Show or hide the Media Browser  .

3. Click the Symbols tab  , and then click the symbol that you want to insert into the document.

See also

Add, edit, or turn off automatic corrections

My characters appear differently in earlier versions of Office

PowerPoint

Do any of the following:

Insert a symbol

1. Click where you want to insert a symbol.

2. On the Standard toolbar, click Show or hide the Media Browser  .

3. Click the Symbols tab  , and then click the symbol that you want to insert into the document.

See also

Add, edit, or turn off automatic corrections

My characters appear differently in earlier versions of Office

Outlook

Do any of the following:

Insert a symbol

1. On the Edit menu, click Special Characters.

2. In the Characters dialog box, on the View pop-up menu, click All Characters.

3. Click the By Category tab, click the arrow next to Symbols, and then click the symbol category that you want.

4. Click the symbol that you want to insert, and then click Insert.

See also

My characters appear differently in earlier versions of Office