We went hunting for koalas in Microsoft Office. Found more than 18 of the cuddly marsupials for Word, PowerPoint or Outlook.
There are emoji, Office icons, SVG, online images and more making a colony or cling of koala (either can be the collective noun for koala). None of the endangered species where harmed in the writing of this article.
Koala Emoji
There’s one Koala emoji which looks very different in Windows (left) and Apple (right).
Emoji code: U+1F428 use in Word for Windows with the Alt + X trick. Or use the Emoji Panel in Windows or Character Viewer in macOS.
Microsoft Office icons
A pair or cling of koala at Insert | Icons, black or outline (left). Combined and one flipped to face each other (center). Recolored (right).
Or convert the icon to an Office Shape to change the color of the animal and tree.
Other koala icons (SVG)
There are plenty of other Office icons (SVG) available online. Wikimedia has a koala, complete with gum leaf.
Or go to Google Image Search and look for “koala filetype:svg”
Koala stickers with hearts
A dozen koala under Insert | Icons | Stickers
They all have hearts for no explained reason.
Stock Images
A tiny colony of three koala at Insert | Icons | Images which are more realistic than the graphics above.
Online Images
There’s a much larger koala colony at Insert | Pictures | Online Pictures.
The first koala shown (top left) has creepy blue eyes – looks like a poor touchup job.
Useless koala info
- The plural of koala is koalas (not koala).
- The name Koala is thought to come from the native Dharug people and their word for ‘no drink’.
- Koala normally get all their nutrition and water from eating gum leaves, though they will drink water directly when necessary.
- Koalas are not related to other bears such as black, brown or polar.
- Drop Bears are the larger and more vicious subspecies that sit on tree branches and drop onto the heads of unsuspecting foreign tourists.
