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Windows onlyĪnd it’s only in Word/Outlook for Windows. For reasons passing understanding this incredibly useful feature is only in Word for Windows and Outlook (which uses Word as the email editor). Such a useful shortcut, you’d think it would work in Excel and PowerPoint too.īut no. Learning the Alt + X shortcuts you need will work on any copy of Microsoft Word without any setup or configuration. Here’s a few common Alt + X shortcuts plus others we are often asked about with their shortcuts that are baked into Office itself.Īnother option is to make an AutoCorrect shortcut but that requires setup on each computer you use. The British Pound Sterling symbol £ isn’t on a lot of keyboards even in the former colonies but if you need it, just type A3 then Alt + X. No one expects you to remember all the hex codes, after all there are over 40,000 of them in Unicode.

Make a mistake? – as always, Undo is your friend – Ctrl + Z.

Case doesn’t matter – a9 and A9 both work to make the Copyright symbol.

The leading zeroes aren’t necessary – 00A5 and A5 both work to make the Yen symbol.

Type in the hexadecimal Unicode value of the symbol you want, then press Alt + X – the value will be changed to the Symbol automatically. Inserting Symbols into Word documents is a pain, go up to the ribbon Insert | Symbols | Symbol which takes time … or you can use a trick from the 20 th century to keep your fingers on the keyboard. Quickly insert symbols, characters and emoji in Microsoft Word and Outlook without taking your fingers off the keyboard.