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Sound Recording Copyright ℗ symbol in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

Put the Sound Recording Copyright ℗  or Circled P character into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook.  Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac.

Sound Recording Copyright ℗  symbol (aka Circled P ) is used to mark musical copyright.  The ‘P’ stands for ‘Phonogram’ or the modern ‘Phonorecord’ (a broad term for any sound storage from wax cylinders or records through to hard drives).

It’s a specialist version of the general Copyright symbol ©  (in Word: Ctrl +
 Alt + C
or  (c)  )

Here’s some examples of how Sound Recording Copyright ℗ looks in common Office fonts.

These are the important code numbers or values you’ll need to enter the Sound Recording Copyright or ℗

Decimal:  8471  Hex:   2117

Web: ℗ or  ℗ or ℗

(web codes aren’t used in Microsoft Office, we’ve included them for the sake of completeness.)

Word and Outlook

The Sound Recording Copyright ℗ sign does NOT have an inbuilt shortcut in Word.

Use the standard Word Alt + X symbol shortcut 2117  + Alt + X

Once in a document you can copy it to AutoCorrect and make your own shortcut.

Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

Insert | Symbols | Symbol and look for the Sound Recording Copyright symbol.

Windows

In Windows there are several shortcuts to enter the Sound Recording Copyright ℗  character into any program, but they use a numeric keypad, not the number row above the letters.

Alt + 8471  

Windows Character Map

The Windows Character Map accessory in all Windows releases

Character Map has a search feature, something missing from the Insert | Symbol in Office.

MacOS and Office for Mac inserting characters

On a Mac, to enter the Sound Recording Copyright ℗ symbol:

  • Command + Control + Spacebar shortcut to open the Character Viewer.  
  • Search for “ Sound Recording Copyright “ or just “Copyright” or “Sound” and the Viewer should find the symbol you need.

Despite the name Character Viewer, the Apple system tool will also insert characters into any program, including Office for Mac.

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