Loudly Crying Face 😭 emoji in Word, PowerPoint and Office

1 February 2023

Type Loudly Crying Face 😭 emoji into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook.  Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. In mid-2011 Loudly Crying Face 😭  was the most popular emoji in the world. Alternative names are; Crying, Sobbing, Sad Tears, Bawling, uncontrolled laughter or even overwhelming joy. How

Down arrow ↓ symbol in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

1 February 2023

Insert the Down arrow ↓  into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook.  Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Down arrow ↓  symbol is used for all sorts of things including a bullet symbol. How Down arrow ↓ looks in different fonts. Here’s some examples of how Down

Rolling on the Floor laughing 🤣 emoji in Word, Outlook, Office

1 February 2023

Insert the Rolling on the Floor laughing 🤣 emoji into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook.  Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Rolling on the Floor laughing 🤣 emoji is commonly used, sometimes using the acronym ‘ROFL’ or ‘Hysterical Laughter’ Not to be confused with Face with rolling

How to insert the Beta Lower Case β symbol in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

1 February 2023

Type the Beta – lower case β into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook.  Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Beta – lower case β symbol is the 2nd letter of the Greek Alphabet. Within finance, it is used as a measure of investment portfolio risk. Within statistics,

Five+ heart ❤ symbols in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

30 January 2023

Insert the Heart ❤ as a symbol, emoji, icon or shape into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook.  Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Of course, the heart symbol has come to mean love or affection.  Less romantically it’s a “plane curve” in geometry called a cardioid.

Create Barcodes in Microsoft Word

29 January 2023

Once you start delving into Microsoft Word, you find it can do all sorts of things that you wouldn’t expect. One of these is that it can be used to create barcodes, and it’s surprisingly easy to do. Once you’ve made your barcodes, they can be scanned with any barcode

Type Eta lower case η in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

27 January 2023

Type the Eta – lower case η into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook.  Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Eta – lower case η symbol is the 7th letter of the Greek alphabet. The symbol is used within various contexts. In Economics, it represents elasticity. To

Prescription Take Rx ℞ symbol in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

24 January 2023

Type the Prescription Take Rx ℞ into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook.  Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Prescription Take Rx ℞  symbol is for a medical prescription. It is commonly seen on doctor’s prescription pads and in pharmacies. How Prescription Take Rx ℞ looks Here’s

Make a ‘Stop’ 🚫 circle / diagonal symbol in Word, Excel & PowerPoint

24 January 2023

Here’s the best and most flexible way to make the common ‘Stop’ circle 🚫 with diagonal line symbol in Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Microsoft Office calls it the Not Allowed symbol. It has many, many names; interdictory circle, prohibited symbol, don’t do it symbol, universal no, banned, no entry, nay, no symbol, ‘do not’

Yet more ways to insert the Stop circle and line symbol in Office

24 January 2023

Aside from the stop/prohibited shape in Office, there are other options for entering the common sign symbol in Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Use Icons in Microsoft 365, Office 2021, Office 2019 or Emoji symbols from the Unicode list. See Make a ‘Stop’ circle / diagonal symbol in Word, Excel

More than five Christian ✝ Cross choices in Word, Excel, PPT and emails

22 January 2023

There are at least five different options inserting a Christian or Latin ✝ Cross symbol into Office documents like Word, Excel, PowerPoint or emails. There are some cross symbols available in the Windows / Office symbol fonts and there’s plenty of nice cross options available online in the flexible SVG format.

Two ⸘ Interrobang symbols ‽ in Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint

22 January 2023

What is an interrobang ‽ and how to use it in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint. Also the Inverted Interrobang ⸘ that can be used with ‽ Interrobang or interabang ‽ is a non-standard punctuation mark – a combination of a question mark and exclamation mark in a single

Year of the Rabbit images and more in Microsoft Office

21 January 2023

2023 is the Year of the Rabbit in the Chinese calendar. There’s plenty of rabbit, bunny and other New Year related images, icons and Chinese character 兔 in Microsoft Office plus advice on the right colors to use for Chinese New Year graphics. Chinese New Year is on 22 January

Compass 🧭 symbol in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

16 January 2023

Insert a Compass 🧭 symbol into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook.  Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Compass 🧭 uses Segoe UI Emoji In Windows, the Compass 🧭 symbol is in the font: Segoe UI Emoji. Depending on the app and use, it’ll appear in color

8 simple ‘Prohibited’ symbols for smoking, phones, kids and more in Word

15 January 2023

Some ‘not allowed’ or ‘prohibited’ symbols, they can be used in Word, PowerPoint, Excel or Outlook. No Smoking, No Phone, No Children, No Drinking, No Pedestrians, No Bicycles, Not Drinkable Water or Mute. The Unicode symbol list includes red circle with diagonal to stop, smoking, children under 18, Mobile Phones,

Quickly type Greek letters like beta, delta & gamma in Word

15 January 2023

A little-known Word shortcut lets you type Δ Θ Δ Ω Π plus other Greek and math symbols quickly and easily. Ctrl + Shift + Q changes to the Symbol font for the next letter only.  Only in Word for Windows, I’m afraid.  Not Word for Mac. It’s a very

Micron µ or mu μ in Word and Office

15 January 2023

Type the micron µ, micrometer or mu μ symbol in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. Stuart H has an AutoCorrect suggestion: ” I need to use the symbol μ for micron (1/000 mm) and use mu for this. “ The Micrometre / Micrometer is one-millionth of a meter. The μ

Ohm symbol Ω in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

15 January 2023

Type the Ohm symbol Ω  into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook.  Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Also the unofficial Siemens symbol, an inverted Ohm ℧ . Ohm is a measure of electical resistance with the symbol Ω   It’s an official SI Unit of measurement just

Omega upper Ω or lower ω symbols in Word and Office

13 January 2023

Type the Greek letter Omega in upper case Ω or lower case ω in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Outlook.  Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac.  Omega (uppercase Ω / lowercase ω) is the twenty fourth and final letter of the Greek alphabet. It is used to often

Type Phi uppercase Φ or lower φ in Word and Office

10 January 2023

Insert the Phi uppercase Φ, and Phi lowercase φ / φ symbols in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Outlook.  Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac.    Phi (uppercase Φ / lowercase φ / φ) is the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet. The uppercase symbol has various uses, such as the cumulative distribution function of standard normal deviation in

Up arrow ↑ symbol in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

9 January 2023

How to insert the Upwards arrow ↑ into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook.  Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac.  The upwards arrow ↑ symbol is used for various purposes. It can notate a mathematical symbol for ‘undefined’,  for very large integers or in medical notation it can mean increased.  Of course, there are plenty of uses in

Banana 🍌 emoji in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

9 January 2023

Insert the Banana 🍌  emoji into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook.  Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. There’s also a Banana icon in modern Office apps. How Banana 🍌 looks in different fonts. Only two Segoe fonts support the Banana emoji; Segoe UI emoji (color or

Sigma upper Σ or lower σ case symbols in Word and Office

7 January 2023

How to insert the Sigma upper case Σ and Sigma lower case σ symbols in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Outlook.  Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac.  Sigma (uppercase Σ / lowercase σ) is the eighteenth letter of the Greek alphabet. In mathematics, the uppercase sigma symbol is used

Double Dagger ‡ symbol in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

7 January 2023

Insert the Double Dagger ‡ into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook.  Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Double Dagger ‡  symbol is used to mark a third footnote after the asterisk and dagger in a Word document. How Double Dagger ‡ looks in different fonts. Here’s some