All the right pointing hand symbols in Word and Office

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Word and Office have several right “pointing hand” symbols available in some fonts. Here’s the Unicode options, index, backhand, sideways in white or black, all explained and shown.

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Index, Backhand or Sideways?

The Unicode system has various pointing hand options:

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.

White or Black?

There are two 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.

With ‘White’ symbols only the outline changes color, the rest is transparent and shows the background color. The ‘black’ symbols can be any color you choose.

Right pointing hands are good for signs or a creative bullet list pointer.

Want to point the other way? All the LEFT pointing hand symbols in Word and Office

Right pointing hands – White

As you can see, Microsoft has redesigned the White Right 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.

For more details, see White Right Pointing Index ☞ symbol in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook