Word and Office have several left “pointing hand” symbols available in some fonts. Here’s the Unicode options explained and shown.
We’ve also looked at the options for All the RIGHT pointing hand symbols in Word and Office
Want more arrows or pointers? Check out all 200+ Arrow or Hand pointing symbols and more in a searchable list.
Index, Backhand, Sideways
There are various pointing hand options in Unicode:
- Index – a pointing index finger with palm facing.
- Backhand Index – pointing index finger with back of hand showing.
- Sideways Index – a side view of a pointing hand.
Black or White
Plus variations for each of these symbols.
- White – could be called ‘Outline’,
- Black – could be called ‘Filled in’.
It’s easier to see the difference between ‘white’ and ‘black’ if the color is changed and especially with a different background.
For ‘White’ symbols the outline changes color, the rest is transparent and shows the background color. ‘Black’ symbols are filled in with any color you choose.
Left pointing hands are good for signs or a creative bullet list pointer.
Want to go in the other direction? See All the right pointing hand symbols in Word and Office
Left pointing hands – White
As you can see, Microsoft has redesigned the White Left Pointing Backhand symbol in both Segoe UI Emoji and Symbol fonts. The other two in their more traditional looks.
Segoe UI Emoji symbols appear differently depending on which application and settings are used, we’ve shown both in the table above.
Left pointing hands – Black
All the backhand symbols are in Segoe UI Symbol font with no ‘emoji’ options.
There’s also an Office icon pointing hand symbol both outline and filled in.
Check out all 200+ Arrow or Hand pointing symbols and more
Right Pointing Hand ☞ symbol in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Right arrow → symbol in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Left arrow ← in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Left Right arrow ↔ in Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and Word
